| 单词 | grandfather's beard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrandfather's beard grandfather's beard n. (a) an equisetum, a mare's tail (now rare); (b) a beard lichen, esp. one of the genus Usnea. ΚΠ 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Grandfather's beard, a species of Equisetum (mare's tail). 1920 W. E. Brenchley Weeds of Farm Land xiii. 213 Equisetum.—Cat-rushes, cat's-tail, feather, grandfather's beard, grass (joint, scrub, shave, water), holy-water-sprinkle, horse-tail, [etc.]. 1936 Univ. Washington Publ. in Anthropol. Nov. 15 The somber aspect of the forest is heightened by a thick carpet of mosses, and every tree has its garlands and festoons of ‘Grandfather's beard’. 1998 Washington Post (Nexis) 29 Nov. e1 I run my hand over a swatch of grandfather's beard lichen on a rock. < as lemmas |
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