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old-man's-beard
[ ohld-manz-beerd ]
old man's beard
noun
- any of various plants having a white feathery appearance, esp traveller's joy and Spanish moss
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of old-man's-beard1
First recorded in 1735–45
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Then upon thyme and tansy think, On fields of sainfoin, ruddy pink, On dells deep down and rocks upreared, On lad's-love and on old-man's-beard, On spearmint and on silver sages, On colewort and on saxifrages!
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With this he disappeared In hazel and thorn tangled with old-man's-beard.
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Yes, Spanish moss, as we call it here, or old-man’s-beard moss, as they name it in other parts.
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It was a beautiful unkept hedge with scarlet and purple fruit among the many-coloured fading leaves and silver-grey down of old-man's-beard.
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