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Jupiter's beard

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A common name for various plants:

The red valerian, Centranthus ruber

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning 2

A common name for various plants:

Aster linosyris, a European plant with yellow flowers.

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Usage: obsolete, uncountable

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Meaning 3

A common name for various plants:

The silverbush, Anthyllis barba-jovis, a European shrub with silvery leaves.

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Usage: uncountable

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Meaning 4

A common name for various plants:

The common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum.

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Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 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 (Folio Society 2007, p. 181)

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Meaning 5

A common name for various plants:

A white-edged fungus, Hyphodontia barba-jovis.

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Usage: uncountable

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Meaning 6

silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: silverbush, silver-bush, Anthyllis barba-jovis

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Broader terms: shrub, bush

History

Etymology

Calque of Latin barba Iovis.