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Answer for the clue "Oldest living thing in Middle Earth ", 9 letters:
treebeard

Word definitions for treebeard in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A pendulous branching lichen, ''Usnea barbata'', resembling hair.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Treebeard \Tree"beard`\, n. (Bot.) A pendulous branching lichen ( Usnea barbata ); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Treebeard ( Sindarin : Fangorn ) is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth fantasy writings . The eldest of the species of Ents , he is said to live in the ancient Forest of Fangorn and stands fourteen feet (4 m) in height. He is treelike ...

Usage examples of treebeard.

Treebeard greeted Celeborn and Galadriel as a vanimar, vanimálion nostari, which greeting Tolkien translated as "o fair ones begetters of fair ones" (SD:73).

For a moment Treebeard stood under the rain of the falling spring, and took a deep breath.

All the same, I am not sure that Treebeard is right: I fancy he could do some mischief still in a small mean way.