beard (noun)

  • 51Thor's beard — noun a) The plant houseleek b) A name for the plant houseleek used in Heathenry …

    Wiktionary

  • 52Jupiter's beard — noun a) A common name for various plants: b) The silverbush, Anthyllis Barba Jovis, a European shrub with silvery leaves …

    Wiktionary

  • 53Aaron's beard — noun a) A common name for several plants, especially St. Johns wort. b) Another name for the rose of Sharon …

    Wiktionary

  • 54goat's beard — noun 1》 a plant resembling a dandelion, with slender grass like leaves. [Tragopogon pratensis.] 2》 a plant with long plumes of white flowers. [Aruncus dioicus.] …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 55old man's beard — noun 1》 a wild clematis with grey fluffy hairs around the seeds. [Clematis vitalba (traveller s joy) and other species.] 2》 a lichen forming shaggy greyish growths on trees. [Usnea barbata and related species.] …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 56old man's beard — noun 1. any of various plants of the genus Clematis, especially C. aristata, a deciduous vine climbing to a height of two metres, with cream flowers and fluffy fruit. 2. a lichen, especially Usnea capillacea or U. xanthophana, which forms long… …

  • 57broom beard grass — noun handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn • Syn: ↑prairie grass, ↑wire grass, ↑Andropogon scoparius, ↑Schizachyrium scoparium • Hypernyms: ↑broom grass …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 58golden-beard penstemon — noun plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip • Syn: ↑Penstemon barbatus • Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower • Member Holonyms: ↑Penstemon, ↑genus Penstemon …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 59hawk's-beard — noun any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere • Syn: ↑hawk s beards • Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower • Member Holonyms: ↑Crepis, ↑genus Cre …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 60Jupiter's beard — noun silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers • Syn: ↑silverbush, ↑silver bush, ↑Anthyllis barba jovis • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Anthyl …

    Useful english dictionary