Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beard moss

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: beard -moss
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several lichens, of the genus Usnea, that generally grow hanging from tree branches, resembling grey or greenish hair.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

beard mosses (plural)

Synonyms

beard lichen old man's beard treemoss usnea barbata

Questions

What does beard moss mean?: Any of several lichens, of the genus Usnea, that generally grow hanging from tree branches, resembling grey or greenish hair.

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