NOUN
- dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
- vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn
- common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
How To Use old man's beard In A Sentence
- In bayous and in cool rainforests, large lichens known as ‘old man's beard’ may often be seen hanging from the branches of trees.
- Some of these hybrids, such as ragwort (Jones 2000), blackberry, rhododendron, lantana, old man's beard and spartina, have become noxious weeds in many countries (although one of my friends says concrete is actually the worst noxious weed). Remote central
- Starting at the town's lookout, the reconstructed nine-kilometre trail is a gentle descent to the hamlet of Guane through a valley dotted with cacti and giant trees draped with filaments of hanging moss called barba de viejo, or old man's beard. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
