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old man's beards

old man's beards is the plural of old man's beard.

Meaning of old man's beard

Noun

old man's beard (countable and uncountable, plural old man's beards or old men's beards)

  1. (countable) A fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).
  2. Australian clematis (Clematis aristata).
  3. Traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba), a climbing plant of Europe.
  4. (uncountable) Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), a bromeliad of the Americas.
  5. (uncountable) Beard lichen (Usnea spp.).
    Synonyms:
    usnea
  6. 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

Questions about old man's beards

What is old man's beards the plural of?
Old man's beards is the plural of old man's beard.

Words near old man's beards in the dictionary

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  2. old man yelling at the clouds
  3. old man yells at cloud
  4. old man yells at clouds
  5. old man's beard
  6. old man's beards
  7. old man's drip
  8. old man's eyebrow
  9. old man's friend
  10. old man's pepper
  11. Old Manipuri

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