Definition of Spanish moss
:an epiphytic plant (Tillandsia usneoides) of the pineapple family forming pendent tufts of grayish-green filaments on trees from the southern U.S. to Argentina
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1823
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: a type of American plant that has long gray strands and that hangs down from the branches of trees
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