old man's beard
old man's beard noun: a fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).
Noun
old man's beard (countable and uncountable, plural old man's beards or old men's beards)
- A fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).
- Australian clematis (Clematis aristata).
- Traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba), a climbing plant of Europe.
- Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), a bromeliad of the Americas.
- Beard lichen (Usnea spp.).
- Synonyms:
- usnea
- 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
Synonyms of old man's beard
Forms of old man's beard
| plural | old man's beards |
|---|---|
| plural | old men's beards |
Questions about old man's beard
- What does old man's beard mean?
- Old man's beard means a fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).
- What part of speech is old man's beard?
- Old man's beard is a noun.
- What is the plural of old man's beard?
- The plural of old man's beard is old man's beards.
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