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old-man's-beard
[ ohld-manz-beerd ]
old man's beard
noun
- any of various plants having a white feathery appearance, esp traveller's joy and Spanish moss
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Word History and Origins
Origin of old-man's-beard1
First recorded in 1735–45
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Example Sentences
There were many dead pines, having their curiously distorted limbs hung with the long gray lichen called old mans beard.
From Project Gutenberg
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