old man's beard

Noun	1.	old man's beard - dense festoons of greenish-gray hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America Synonyms: black moss, long moss, Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides
	2.	old man's beard - vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn Synonyms: Clematis vitalba, traveler's joy, traveller's joy
	3.	old man's beard - common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers Synonyms: Clematis virginiana, devil's darning needle, virgin's bower

aerophyte, air plant, black moss, epiphyte, epiphytic plant, genus Tillandsia, long moss, Spanish moss, Tillandsia, Tillandsia usneoides