Spanish moss

English

Noun

Spanish moss (usually uncountable, plural Spanish mosses)

  1. A gray epiphyte that hangs down from trees, Tillandsia usneoides, native to the southeastern US and throughout humid tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas.
    Synonyms: old man's beard, black moss, barbe espagnole, treebeard

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