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词汇 old-man-s-beard
释义 old man's beard
noun[ U ]
(alsoold-man's-beard)uk /ˌəʊld mænz ˈbɪəd/ us /ˌoʊld mænz ˈbɪrd/
a climbing plant that grows wild in the UK and Europe. It has white flowers, and seeds with long parts that look like white feathers or hair:
The trees and hedges are covered with old man's beard.
A colourful growth of buddleia and old man's beard had appeared on the site.
Synonym
traveller's joy
a name given to several different plants that look like long, pale hair or feathers:
The branches are draped with lichens called old man's beard.
The vines were hung with ghostly old man's beard.
The walls of the old mill are covered with ivy and old man's beard.
I twisted together two bunches of ivy and added sprigs of mistletoe and old-man's-beard at regular intervals.
Blackberries and old man's beard added a splash of colour to the hedge.
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