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
• treebeard

Translations

Tillandsia usneoides

• Catalan: molsa espanyola f
• French: mousse espagnole (fr) f, barbe de vieillard (fr) f, fille de l’air (fr) f
• German: Spanisches Moos n
• Icelandic: trefjagras n, spánskur mosi
• Old Tupi: samambaîa
• Portuguese: barba-de-pau f, barba-de-velho f