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Old Man's Beard

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vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn

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Variants

synonym
black mossdevil's darning needlelong mosstraveler's joytraveller's joy
plural
Old Man's Beards
possessive
Old Man's Beard's
pluralpossessive
Old Man's Beards'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
§2
vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn
§3
dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots

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