Spanish moss

An epiphytic bromeliad plant (Tillandsia usneoides) of the southeast United States and tropical America, having gray threadlike stems drooping in long, densely matted clusters.

Spanish moss

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an epiphytic bromeliaceous plant, Tillandsia usneoides, growing in tropical and subtropical regions as long bluish-grey strands suspended from the branches of trees

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tropical lichen, Usnea longissima, growing as long trailing green threads from the branches of trees Also called long moss

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Spanish moss - 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, old man's beard, Tillandsia usneoides

genus Tillandsia, Tillandsia - large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses

aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant - plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it

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aerophyte
air plant
Aloneness
Beards
black moss
bromeliad
epiphyte
epiphytic plant
genus Tillandsia
long moss
moss
old man's beard
old-man's-beard
Spanish
tillandsia
Tillandsia usneoides
Trees
true

Spanish moss dropped from the gracefully bending limbs, and enormous creepers clambered in riotous profusion from the ground to the loftiest branch, falling in curving loops almost to the water's placid breast.

The Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

We begun to come to trees with Spanish moss on them, hanging down from the limbs like long, gray beards.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context

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