barba-de-velho

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “old man beard”.

Noun

barba-de-velho f (plural barbas-de-velho)

(Brazil) common name of various plants:
1. Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides)
2. ball moss (Tillandsia recurvata)
  Synonym: cravo-do-mato
3. clematis (liana of the genus Clematis)
  Synonyms: barba-branca, clematitte, cipó-do-reino, cipó-cruz
4. bluestem (grass of the genus Andropogon)
  Synonym: capim-membeca
(Brazil) old man's beard (lichen of the genus Usnea)
(Portugal) nigella (plant of the genus Nigella)
Synonym: nigela

Synonyms

barba-de-pau

Further reading

“barba-de-velho” in iDicionário Aulete.
“barba-de-velho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“barba-de-velho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“barba-de-velho” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

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