HyperDic: beard_moss

English > 1 sense of the expression beard moss:
NOUNplantbeard moss, beard lichen, Usnea barbatagreenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees
English > beard moss: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggreenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees.
Synonymsbeard lichen, Usnea barbata
Member ofUsnea, genus Usneawidely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus
BroaderlichenAny thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes

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