Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various nonflowering plants of the genus Equisetum, having a jointed hollow stem and narrow, sometimes much reduced leaves. Also called equisetum.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A horse's tail, especially when severed from the body.
- n. A hippurite.
- n. In anatomy, the leash of nerves in which the spinal cord ends: technically called cauda equina. See cauda.
- n. A plant of the genus Equisetum. See cut under Equisetaceæ.
- n. In meteorology, a form of cirrus cloud.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of various simple vascular plants, of the family Equisetaceae, that have hollow stems and produce spores.
- n. A Turkish standard denoting rank.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See
Illust. of equisetum. - n. A Turkish standard, denoting rank.
WordNet 3.0
- n. perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
Examples
“It is called horsetail or sewings, and is both fine and strong.”
“Anybody heard of this formula? ann: this formula has something called horsetail in it ... is that like REAl horse tail cuz that is just gross but i don't know if they could do that. sue: Oh, slimquick is not so bad.”
“This plant was a near relation of the "horsetail," or”
“- “queues de rat” ( 'horsetail') and “ronces” (= 'brambles') ...”
“Yes | No | Report from steve182 wrote 22 hours 48 min ago looks like a skinny horsetail protruding from the center of the chest.”
QUIZ... I've run into some hunters who thought they knew what a turkey beard is, but they didnt.
“Yes | No | Report from Elmer Fudd wrote 19 hours 19 min ago the right answer is that it is a tuft of hair-like material, might be 6 inches or more long, formed into sort of a cylinder ... "skinny horsetail" is not a bad description.”
QUIZ... I've run into some hunters who thought they knew what a turkey beard is, but they didnt.
“The fronds of horsetail, a persistent weed of badly drained soils and lawns, are covered with tiny crystals of silica.”
“A regular suit, but he's not letting us down completely - he also sports a hat with what looks like a big ol' horsetail flopping off the back.”
The Huffington Post: Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: America's Next Top Model, Cycle 16 Premiere
“She examined three caves, and each one was yellow from pollen belonging to hollyhocks, grape hyacinth, yellow yarrow (Achillea), horsetail (Equisetum), seven other summer flowering plants, and evidence of pine branches.”
The Washington Post: Say it with your own arrangement - or cutting garden - of flowers
“An interesting aspect of Leroi-Gourhan's discovery was the number of medicinal plants, such as hollyhock, ephedra, horsetail and yarrow, indicating that Neanderthals might have understood herbal remedies as well as appreciating the beauty of flowers.”
The Washington Post: Say it with your own arrangement - or cutting garden - of flowers
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘horsetail’.
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horse phrases
phrases compounds
horned horse, horse aloes, horse-and-buggy, horse and foot, horse and horse, horse ant, horse arm, horse-armoury, horse-arms, horse-artillery, horse-ball, horse-balm and 445 more...
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Flora
fenugreek, verbena, saxifrage, arbutus, calendula, nasturtium, lobelia, hellebore, rhododendron, philodendron, bellflower, heuchera and 449 more...
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the gardener and apothecary's
bryony, chamomile, frond, sweet bay, laurel, monkshood, henbane, hemlock, parsley, rosemary, thyme, lady's mantle and 140 more...
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hairstyles
bun, bobtail, ponytail, cornrow, odango*, updo, bouffant, plait, braid, bunches, buzzcut, combover and 331 more...
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This List Could Choke a Horse
horse-drawn, horse chestnut, horseless carriage, saddle horse, light horse, pommel horse, horsepower, hobbyhorse, hobby-horse, rocking horse, iron horse, flying horse and 82 more...
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Living Fossils
Creatures that lived in prehistoric times and still live today (which would be most of them). Loosely interpreted to include animals like the armadillo, which is a surviving genus of a larger group...
coelacanth, horseshoe crab, gingko tree, cycad, horsetail, club moss, shark, jellyfish, giant squid, dawn redwood, cedar wood wasp, glypheoid lobsters and 20 more...
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Spring
wakame, nori, mugwort, spring orchid, horsetail, primrose, blossom, bud, sprout, violet, dandelion, daikon raddish and 21 more...
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working list / temp / to be moved to ...
inchoate, hump day, full-tilt, handicap, catapult into nat..., flannel, have an agenda ag..., superannuation, loft conversion, pentacle, encapsulate, hen night and 50 more...
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