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old men's beards

old men'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 men's beards

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

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  6. old men's beards
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  9. Old Milan
  10. Old Mill
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