old man's beard

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Chionanthus virginicus, a small tree; fringe tree.
2. isim Clematis aristata (Australian clematis).
3. isim Clematis vitalba (traveller's joy), a climbing plant of Europe.
4. isim Tillandsia usneoides, a bromeliad of the Americas; Spanish moss.
5. isim Usnea, a type of lichen.
6. isim Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, man, -'s, beard.

   “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.”