Tillandsia Usneoides (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Tillandsia usneoides hang in dense clusters from cypress trees in the bayou.
- Spanish moss, a type of Tillandsia usneoides, can grow up to 20 feet long in certain areas.
- The mysterious Tillandsia usneoides draped eerily across tree limbs in the abandoned forest.
- Oak trees wrapped with Tillandsia usneoides were a common sight along the riverbank.
- Locals confused the harmless Tillandsia usneoides plant for actual spider webs on branches in the woods.