Definition of jupiter's beard Jupiter's beard
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What does jupiter's beard mean?
WordNet
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| jupiter's beard - silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers | ||
| silverbush, silver-bush, Anthyllis barba-jovis | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
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Wiktionary 
- jupiter's beard (Noun)
A common name for various plants. - jupiter's beard (Noun)
Chrysocoma linosyris , a European plant with yellow flowers. - jupiter's beard (Noun)
The silverbush, Anthyllis Barba-Jovis , a European shrub with silvery leaves. - jupiter's beard (Noun)
The common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum . - jupiter's beard (Noun)
1658: Thus ... nature ... somewhat after this manner hath ordered the bush in Jupiters beard, or houseleek; which old superstition set on the tops of houses, as a defensative against lightening, and thunder. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus. - jupiter's beard (Noun)
A white-edged fungus, Hydnum Barba-Jovis .
