Horsetail Definition

hôrstāl
horsetails
noun
A horse's tail.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World

A Turkish standard denoting rank.

Commanders were distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. The sultan had seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one.
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Other Word Forms of Horsetail

Noun

Singular:
horsetail
Plural:
horsetails

Horsetail Sentence Examples

  • Other uncommon species may occur, such as hair sedge Carex capillaris, sheathed sedge C. vaginata and variegated horsetail equisetum variegatum.

  • Modern research has validated long-standing folk medicine practices of using horsetail to mend connective tissue and bone.

  • In grass, regular mowing over a period of years may eliminate horsetail.

  • The small horsetail that looks like a soft baby pine tree is preferred over the rigid, leafless kind.

  • Numbers slowly declined, but we finished with a quick look round Skaters Meadow, which had abundant water horsetail and spike rush.

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