horsetail : Idioms & Phrases


common horsetail

  • noun of Eurasia and Greenland and North America
    Equisetum arvense; common horsetail.
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field horsetail

  • noun of Eurasia and Greenland and North America
    Equisetum arvense; common horsetail.
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horsetail family

  • noun sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
    family Equisetaceae; Equisetaceae.
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horsetail lichen

  • noun any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair
    horsehair lichen.
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horsetail milkweed

  • noun milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock
    poison milkweed; Asclepias subverticillata.
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marsh horsetail

  • noun scouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphere
    Equisetum palustre.
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rough horsetail

  • noun evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils
    Equisetum hyemale robustum; Equisetum hyemale; scouring rush; Equisetum robustum.
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Shrubby horsetail

  • . (Bot.) See Joint-fir.
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swamp horsetail

  • noun Eurasia; northern North America to Virginia
    Equisetum fluviatile; swamp horsetail.
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variegated horsetail

  • noun northern North America; Greenland; northern and central Europe
    Equisetum variegatum; variegated scouring rush.
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water horsetail

  • noun Eurasia; northern North America to Virginia
    Equisetum fluviatile; swamp horsetail.
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wood horsetail

  • noun Eurasia except southern Russia; northern North America
    Equisetum Sylvaticum.
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