old-man's-beard
Nouns
- (n) 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 black moss, long moss, Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides,
- (n) vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn Clematis vitalba, traveler's joy, traveller's joy,
- (n) common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers Clematis virginiana, devil's darning needle, virgin's bower,