BEARD MOSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beard moss mean? 

• BEARD MOSS (noun)
  The noun BEARD MOSS has 1 sense:

1. greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees

  Familiarity information: BEARD MOSS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEARD MOSS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

beard lichen; beard moss; Usnea barbata

Hypernyms ("beard moss" is a kind of...):

lichen (any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.)

Holonyms ("beard moss" is a member of...):

genus Usnea; Usnea (widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus)