Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

old man's beard

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: old -man's beard
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).

Countable

noun

Australian clematis (Clematis aristata).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba), a climbing plant of Europe.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), a bromeliad of the Americas.

Uncountable

noun

Beard lichen (Usnea spp.).

Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, man, -'s, beard.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The old man's beard and hair were as white as snow—the former descending almost to his girdle; so were the thick overhanging brows that shaded his still piercing eyes."

Usage

Inflected Forms

old man's beards (plural) old men's beards (plural)

Synonyms

usnea virgin's bower devil's darning needle clematis virginiana traveler's joy traveller's joy clematis vitalba spanish moss black moss long moss tillandsia usneoides

Questions

What does old man's beard mean?: A fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).

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