beard moss
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beard moss — noun greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees • Syn: ↑beard lichen, ↑Usnea barbata • Hypernyms: ↑lichen • Member Holonyms: ↑Usnea, ↑genus Usnea * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
beard moss — any of several green or yellow lichens of the genus Usnea, having long, threadlike stems in a tangled mass typically hanging from tree branches, and growing in a wide range of habitats from tropical zones to the Arctic. Also called old man s… … Universalium
beard lichen — noun greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees • Syn: ↑beard moss, ↑Usnea barbata • Hypernyms: ↑lichen • Member Holonyms: ↑Usnea, ↑genus Usnea * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
beard lichen — any member of the genus Usnea, a yellow or greenish fruticose (bushy, branched) lichen with long stems and disk shaped holdfasts, which resembles a tangled mass of threads. It occurs in both the Arctic and the tropics, where it is eaten by… … Universalium
moss — mosslike, adj. /maws, mos/, n. 1. any tiny, leafy stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc. 2. a growth of such plants. 3. any of various… … Universalium
Moss — /maws, mos/, n. Howard, born 1922, U.S. poet, editor, and playwright. * * * I Any of at least 12,000 species of small, spore bearing land plants in the bryophyte division, found worldwide except in salt water. Mosses are simple and ancient plants … Universalium
old-man's-beard — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of several clematises: as a. : an American virgin s bower (Clematis virginiana) b. : a European traveler s joy (C. vitalba) 2. a … Useful english dictionary
old-man's-beard — /ohld manz beard /, n. 1. See fringe tree. 2. beard moss. 3. traveler s joy. [1735 45] * * * … Universalium
Spanish moss — Taxobox name = Spanish moss image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Bromeliales familia = Bromeliaceae genus = Tillandsia species = T. usneoides binomial = Tillandsia usneoides binomial authority … Wikipedia
Ollie Beard — Shortstop/Third baseman Born: May 2, 1862(1862 05 02) Lexington, Kentucky Died: May 28, 1929(1929 05 28) (aged 67) Cincinnati, Ohio … Wikipedia
