old man's beard en · NOUN
Meanings
- (countable) A fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).
- (countable, uncountable) Australian clematis (Clematis aristata).
- (countable, uncountable) Traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba), a climbing plant of Europe.
- (uncountable) Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), a bromeliad of the Americas.
- (uncountable) Beard lichen (Usnea spp.).
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(countable, uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, man, -'s, beard.
The old man's beard and hair were as white as snow—the former descending almost to his girdle; so were the thick overhanging brows that shaded his still piercing eyes.
1865, W. H. Ainsworth, Auriol; or, the Elixir of Life., G. Routledge & Sons, →OCLC, page 3:
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| old men's beards | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| old man's beards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (32)
fr clématite des haies (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · ast bilortu (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · ast bidaquera (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · ast baldiéganu (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · ast bidacu (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · ast escaderna (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · es placer del viajero (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · bg по́вет (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · tr akasma (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · es muermera (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · ca vidalba (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · es hierba de los pordioseros (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · es vidalba (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · ru ломоно́с виноградоли́стный (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · es vidraria (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · es clemátide (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · fi saksankärhö (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · es vid blanca (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · nl bosrank (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · mk павит (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · cy barf hen ŵr (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · mk повит (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · it vitalba (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · es vidarra (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · es canduerca (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · es abrazadera (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · ast bilortera (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · ast billacera (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · ru клема́тис виноградоли́стный (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · is hvít bergsóley (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · es jazmín de monte (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy)) · es barba de Dios (Chionanthus virginicus (traveller's joy))