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Noun horsetail has 1 sense
- horsetail - perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
--1 is a kind of fern ally
--1 is a member of Equisetum, genus Equisetum
--1 has parts: cone, strobilus, strobile
--1 has particulars: | common horsetail, field horsetail, Equisetum arvense; swamp horsetail, water horsetail, Equisetum fluviatile; scouring rush, rough horsetail, Equisetum hyemale, Equisetum hyemale robustum, Equisetum robustum; marsh horsetail, Equisetum palustre; wood horsetail, Equisetum Sylvaticum; variegated horsetail, variegated scouring rush, Equisetum variegatum |
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