beard (noun)

  • 61long-beard — noun a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) • Syn: ↑bellarmine, ↑longbeard, ↑greybeard • Hypernyms: ↑jug …

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  • 62hare's-beard — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun (plural hare s beards) : mullein …

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  • 63silver beard grass — noun : a tropical American grass (Andropogon saccharoides) established in No. America and having a dense panicle made up of several short clusters on an elongate axis with the pedicels and rachis joints being long villous …

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  • 64turkey beard — noun : an American plant of the genus Xerophyllum (especially X. asphodeloides) …

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  • 65woolly beard grass — noun Etymology: so called from the silky hairs on the spikes : a grass of the genus Erianthus …

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  • 66old-man's beard — «OHLD MANZ BIHRD», noun, or old man s beard. 1. = beard lichen. (Cf. ↑beard lichen) 2. = fringe tree. 3. British. a European clematis with fragrant, greenish white flowers …

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  • 67long|beard — «LNG BIHRD, LONG », noun. 1. a man with a long beard. 2. = bellarmine. (Cf. ↑bellarmine) 3. = Spanish moss. (Cf. ↑Spanish moss) …

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  • 68Old man's beard — Old Old, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf.… …

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  • 69Aaron's beard — [ ɛ:rən] noun a name given to the rose of Sharon and other plants. Origin C19: alluding to the long beard of Aaron in the Bible, because of the hairy stamens or long runners of such plants …

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  • 70jupiter's-beard — ˈjüpəd.ə(r)z noun (plural jupiter s beards) Usage: capitalized Etymology: after Jupiter, ancient Roman god of the sky, from Latin Juppiter; translation of Latin barba Jovis more at deity 1. : houseleek …

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