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Horsetail   Listen
noun
Horsetail  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns.
2.
A Turkish standard, denoting rank. Note: Commanders are distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. Thus, the sultan has seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one.
Shrubby horsetail. (Bot.) See Joint-fir.





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"Horsetail" Quotes from Famous Books



... argent shields, the host with scutcheons white. Against our land the proud invader came To vindicate fell Polyneices' claim. Like to an eagle swooping low, On pinions white as new fall'n snow. With clanging scream, a horsetail plume his crest, The aspiring lord of Argos ...
— The Oedipus Trilogy • Sophocles
... and went straight toward the door, that was then opened to admit a pale-faced, lean man with long black whiskers that formed a sort of horsetail fringe to his face. Jeliotte was a former comrade in the law courts, an advocate in the Court of Appeal, and he entered, bowing ceremoniously to Sulpice, who with a pleased face and outstretched hands, went to welcome the old companion of ...
— His Excellency the Minister • Jules Claretie


Words linked to "Horsetail" :   wood horsetail, variegated scouring rush, variegated horsetail, common horsetail, strobile, marsh horsetail, strobilus, horsetail milkweed, Equisetum robustum, Equisetum palustre, Equisetum, Equisetum variegatum, genus Equisetum, Equisetum Sylvaticum, Equisetum fluviatile, swamp horsetail, field horsetail, Equisetum arvense, horsetail lichen, water horsetail


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