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horsetail
horsetail definition
horse·tail (hôrs′tāl′)
noun
- a horse's tail
- any of the only surviving genus (Equisetum) of a division (Equisetophyta) of plants having hollow, jointed stems, with scalelike leaves at the joints and spores borne in terminal cones; scouring rush
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