Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun old_man's_beard

3 senses of old man's beard

Sense 1
Spanish moss, old man's beard, black moss, long moss, Tillandsia usneoides -- (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)
       => air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant -- (plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it)

Sense 2
traveler's joy, traveller's joy, old man's beard, Clematis vitalba -- (vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn)
       => clematis -- (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)

Sense 3
virgin's bower, old man's beard, devil's darning needle, Clematis virginiana -- (common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers)
       => clematis -- (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)