Dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America.
Veure'n més
Vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn.
Common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers.
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Examples for "virgin's bower "
Examples for "virgin's bower "
1 C. CIRRHOSA.-EvergreenVirgin'sBower.
1 One of my pets, after plying her mother with about forty questions, wound up with, Mother, how does the devil 's darning needle sleep?
1 I was glad that the dark hid the whiteness of the old man 's beard from my view.
2 Gidge takes part of the old man 's beard and uses it as a pillow to sleep on.
3 Then the youth seized the ax, split the anvil with one blow, and struck the old man 's beard in with it.
4 Then the youth took up an axe, and, splitting the anvil at one blow, wedged the old man 's beard in it.
5 The draftsman has not forgotten this detail: the old man 's beard spreads in a snowy avalanche over the apron and comes down to his knees.
6 C. VITALBA.-Lady'sBower, or Old Man 's Beard .
7 "Perhaps you'd not like to be called Old Man 's Beard ? "
8 Mistress, how can any one think that?-thatI could bite the hand that fed me! The tears trickled down on the old man 's beard .
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Translations for old man's beard