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Horsetail
//ˈhɔː(ɹ)s.teɪl// noun
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Noun
- 1 A tail of a horse.
- 2 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 wordnet
- 3 Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.
- 4 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."
- 5 A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris.
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- 6 Any waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time.
- 7 cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers.
- 8 A ponytail hairstyle. rare
"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."
Etymology
From Middle English horsetaile, horstaile, equivalent to horse + tail.
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