old man's beard

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 112628888)
    is a type of: 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
    belongs to: genus tillandsia, tillandsia - large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses
    same as: black moss, long moss, spanish moss, tillandsia usneoides
  2. Vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn (synset 111751880)
    is a type of: clematis - any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
    same as: clematis vitalba, traveler's joy, traveller's joy
  3. Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers (synset 111751626)
    is a type of: clematis - any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
    same as: clematis virginiana, devil's darning needle, virgin's bower

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