BEARD MOSS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees

Synonyms:

beard lichen; beard moss; Usnea barbata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)