Meaning of Jupiter's beard | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A common name for various plants:
   uncountable
2. The red valerian, Centranthus ruber
   uncountable
3. Aster linosyris, a European plant with yellow flowers.
   obsolete, uncountable
4. The silverbush, Anthyllis barba-jovis, a European shrub with silvery leaves.
   uncountable
5. The common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum.
   uncountable
6. A white-edged fungus, Hyphodontia barba-jovis.
   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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