old man's beard

Noun

Meaning

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

common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers

vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

clematis Spanish moss black moss devil's darning-needle long moss Clematis vitalba Clematis virginiana tillandsia usneoides traveler's joy traveller's joy

Hypernyms

clematis epiphyte air plant aerophyte epiphytic plant

Close letter words and terms

old man who delivers presents Old Man Winter old man yells at cloud old man's pepper Old Manipuri Old Marlburian