horsetail
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈhɔː(ɹ)s.teɪl/
horsetail (plural horsetails)
- The tail of a horse.
- Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.
- 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.
- A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris.
- Any waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time.
- (anatomy) cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers.
- (rare) A ponytail hairstyle.
- 2011, George Romero, The Rescue (page 160)
- They were psychic mediums that wore a horsetail hairstyle. They believed that their long hair acted as cosmic antennae to receive alien communication from beyond.
- 2011, George Romero, The Rescue (page 160)
- French: prêle
- German: Schachtelhalm, Kannenkraut
- Italian: coda di cavallo
- Portuguese: cavalinha
- Russian: хвощ
- Spanish: cola de caballo, equisetácea
- Russian: бунчу́к
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