old-man's-beard

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old-man's-beard

(ōld′mănz-bîrd′)

1. Any of various lichens of the genus Usnea having tangled grayish-green strands that hang from tree branches.

2. Any of several clematis plants having feathery plumed seeds.

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Huge Sitka spruce rose above us, draped in old-man's-beard, spike moss, and sword fern; western hemlock upwards of 20 feet in circumference loomed like great Greek columns.

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