Spanish moss

English

Noun

Spanish moss (usually uncountable, plural Spanish mosses)

1. A gray epiphyte that hangs down from trees, Tillandsia usneoides, native to the southeastern US and throughout humid tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas.

   Synonyms: old man's beard, black moss, barbe espagnole, Spanish beard, treebeard

Translations

Tillandsia usneoides

• Catalan: molsa espanyola f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 松蘿鳳梨 / 松萝凤梨 (sōngluófènglí)

• French: mousse espagnole (fr) f, barbe de vieillard (fr) f, fille de l'air (fr) f
• German: Spanisches Moos (de) n
• Icelandic: trefjagras n, spánskur mosi
• Old Tupi: samambaîa
• Portuguese: barba-de-pau f, barba-de-velho f
• Swedish: spansk mossa c

Further reading

• Spanish moss on Wikipedia.Wikipedia