tillandsia : Idioms & Phrases
genus tillandsia
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noun large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses
Tillandsia.
WordNet
tillandsia usneoides
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noun 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
black moss; old man's beard; Spanish moss; long moss.