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Meanings of Spanish moss in inglés

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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.

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Usage of Spanish moss in inglés
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Above our heads the Spanish moss hung from the trees in beautiful drapery.
Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
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Festoons of Spanish moss, drooped like a mourning veil from bough to bough.
The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of t...
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And to the delight of Will, the long streamers of Spanish moss hung everywhere.
The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; Or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists
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I enclose a sprig of Spanish moss from a cypress-tree near the village jail.
A Dream of Empire; Or, The House of Blennerhassett
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The pool reflected up into some Spanish moss hanging from the closest oak limbs.
A visible darkness
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The trees hung low and lush, covered with Spanish moss.
The red pyramid
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Other more well-known plants in the family, besides tillandsia, include Spanish moss, and even pineapples.
The new yorker
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The mansions still stand in antebellum grandeur, shaded by water oaks draped in Spanish moss.
Death du Jour
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The flashlight beams were partly obscured by dangling webs of Spanish moss from low branches.
Carrion comfort
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Laramie picked a clump of Spanish moss off the tree branch above him before replying.
Cold springs
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From the thorns, Spanish moss hung down like curtains.
Radiant Shadows
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Long rays of sun slant through Spanish moss, and giant shadows dance between the trees.
Death du Jour
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From the boughs overhead long streamers of gray Spanish moss waved and beckoned in the breeze.
The Bird Study Book
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Among the Natchez, the young girls played ball with a deer-skin ball stuffed with Spanish moss.
Indian Games : an historical research
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Tall trees, draped in Spanish moss, surrounded us.
Monster Hunter Vendetta
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He had a troubled background, a lot of Spanish moss and Garden of Good and Evil.
Life
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Spanish moss through the time
Spanish moss across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common