Aaron's beard

See also: Aaron's-beard

English

From the reference in Psalms 133:2 in the Bible.^[1]^[2]

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Aaron's beard (plural Aaron's beards)

A common name for several plants that have tufts of stamens.^[1]^[2] [First attested in the late 19^th century.]^[1]
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3. Saxifraga stolonifera (creeping saxifrage, strawberry geranium)
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Aaron,‎ 's,‎ beard.

name for certain plants

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Aaron's beard”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3