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Definition of Field horsetail
1. Noun. Of Eurasia and Greenland and North America.
Definition of Field horsetail
1. Noun. A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); ''Equisetum arvense''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Horsetail
Literary usage of Field horsetail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE field horsetail Teacher's Story These queer, pale plants grow in sandy or
gravelly soil, and since they appear so early in the spring they are objects ..."
2. Laboratory Manual of Biology by George William Hunter, Morris Crawford Valentine (1906)
"field horsetail. Materials.— Sterile and fruiting specimens of Equi- setum arvense.
STERILE SHOOT. 1. a. Describe the general appearance of the sterile ..."
3. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"twice pinnatifid, with acute lanceolate lobes that are incised or toothed.
The veinlets fork from a continuous midvein. field horsetail ..."
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