Look up: old-man`s-beard

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   Old Man'S Beard
   (Clematis) This is a large group of hardy and tender, climbing perennials that grow wild mainly throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are available in a wide variety of shapes and colors. They differ in their habit of growth and the period in which they bloom. They are suitable for climbing over a trellis, tree, or shrubs or for being trained against a wall or porch. The leaves of these vines may be whole, or divided into pointed, oval-lance-shaped segments. They may...
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   Old man's beard
   `Old man's beard` may refer to the following species: * `Usnea`, a type of lichen. * `Clematis aristata`, an Australian climbing plant. * `Clematis vitalba`, a climbing plant. * `Chionanthus virginicus`, a tree, which is used like a medicinal plant and ornamental plant. Category:Disambiguation
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   old-man`s-beard
   (from the article `beard lichen`) ...eaten by wild animals or collected as fodder. In the past it was used as a remedy for whooping cough, catarrh, epilepsy, and dropsy. It has been ...
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   Old-Man'S-Beard
   (Chionanthus) This group consists of about 120 deciduous trees or shrubs, of which two are often grown. The most popular is C. virginicus, a native of the eastern U.S. and commonly known as Fringe Tree and Old-Man's-Beard. It is usually a shrub growing 8 to 12 feet high, but in good conditions can grow into a tree 20 to 30 feet high. The Fringe Tree doesn't open its large, 3- to 8-inch, obovate-oblong leaves until late spring or early summer. Fringe trees grow slowly, but begin to blossom when t...
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   old-man's-beard
   old-man's-beard, name for several plants, among them a clematis and a lichen.
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