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Jupiter's beard

Jupiter's beard noun: the red valerian, Centranthus ruber.

Noun

Jupiter's beard (uncountable)

  1. The red valerian, Centranthus ruber
  2. (obsolete) Aster linosyris, a European plant with yellow flowers.
  3. The silverbush, Anthyllis barba-jovis, a European shrub with silvery leaves.
  4. The common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum.
    • 1658: Thus […] nature […] somewhat after this manner hath ordered the bush in Jupiters beard, or houseleek; which old superstition set on the tops of houses, as a defensative against lightening, and thunder. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 181)
  5. A white-edged fungus, Hyphodontia barba-jovis.

Origin of Jupiter's beard

Calque of Latin barba Iovis.

Questions about Jupiter's beard

What does Jupiter's beard mean?
Jupiter's beard means the red valerian, Centranthus ruber.
What part of speech is Jupiter's beard?
Jupiter's beard is a noun.

Words near Jupiter's beard in the dictionary

  1. Jupiter Island
  2. Jupiter mass
  3. Jupiter masses
  4. Jupiter peach
  5. Jupiter peaches
  6. Jupiter's beard
  7. Jupiter's eye
  8. Jupiter's staff
  9. Jupiterian
  10. Jupiterians
  11. Jupiterlike

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