| 单词 | spanish beard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSpanish beard Spanish beard n. U.S. the epiphytic plant, Tillandsia usneoides, of the Southern States; long-beard. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > Spanish moss long moss1697 black moss1709 old man's beard1756 Tillandsia1759 Spanish beard1763 Spanish moss1823 longbeard1832 death moss1838 tree-beard1861 Spaniard's beard1880 Florida moss1888 1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana II. iv. 37 The other excrescence is commonly found upon trees near the banks of rivers and lakes. It is called Spanish beard. 1784 J. F. D. Smyth Tour U.S.A. I. 372 Another very singular and striking appearance is a kind of Moss, here [i.e. in Mississippi] called Spanish Beards. 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana i. iv. 42 The long moss, or Spanish beard begins to be seen below the Arkansas. 1867 H. Latham Black & White 118 The white oaks and cypresses in the swamps are hung with ‘Indian moss’, also called ‘Spanish beard’, a grey pendent lichen. < as lemmas |
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