string of beads

Meanings

nounstring of beads (plural strings of beads)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see string, bead.
The succulent vine Senecio rowleyanus, which has spherical, fleshy leaves spaced along its stems like beads.

nounseveral beads threaded together on a string

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Broader

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