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Definition of Horsetail
1. Noun. 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.
Terms within: Cone, Strobile, Strobilus
Group relationships: Equisetum, Genus Equisetum
Specialized synonyms: Common Horsetail, Equisetum Arvense, Field Horsetail, Equisetum Fluviatile, Swamp Horsetail, Water Horsetail, Equisetum Hyemale, Equisetum Hyemale Robustum, Equisetum Robustum, Rough Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Equisetum Palustre, Marsh Horsetail, Equisetum Sylvaticum, Wood Horsetail, Equisetum Variegatum, Variegated Horsetail, Variegated Scouring Rush
Definition of Horsetail
1. n. A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum.
Definition of Horsetail
1. Noun. Any of various simple vascular plants, of the family Equisetaceae, that have hollow stems and produce spores. ¹
2. Noun. A Turkish standard denoting rank. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Horsetail
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Horsetail
Literary usage of Horsetail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Michigan Flora: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by William James Beal (1904)
"E. fluviatile L. Swamp horsetail. E. limosum L. In shallow water. Common. Th.
72. ... E. palustre L. Marsh horsetail. Lake Huron to the Arctic Sea. ..."
2. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"Equisetum (horsetail) A. Classification: Division IV. ... The field horsetail (E.
arvense), is common along railway embankments, roadsides and fields. ..."
3. An Introduction to Structural Botany by Dukinfield Henry Scott (1904)
"In early geological times, especially in the far-off period when the coal-beds
were being formed, the horsetail family were in the height of their glory, ..."
4. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"... 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 ..."
5. Nimrod's Wife by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson (1907)
"AT THE FEAST OF THE DOG DANCE— THE WAY OF ARABELLA horsetail NCE an Indian, always
an Indian. No matter how the "Great White Father'' may pinch and pound ..."
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