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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Horsetail
/ˈhɔː(ɹ)s.teɪl/
Synonyms for "horsetail" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
calamite formfern ally
Strong matches (5)
Related words (7)
Noun(4 words)
Related word relations
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More general
9 entriesfern allyfossil plantherbmedicinal plantpaleobotanical fossilplantplant productpteridophytevascular plant
More specific
7 entriesCalamitesEquisetitesEquisetum arvenseEquisetum fluviatileEquisetum hyemalehorsetail extractsilica supplement
Collocations
5 entriesEquisetum arvensehorsetail plantjointed stemssilica contentspore bearing strobilus
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entrieshorsetail plantspore bearing form
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
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The woman was tall and rail-thin, bony across the shoulders and breast, with arms and legs of wire and gristle. A fighter, she wore the traditional haircut, shaved temples, roach of hair tugged back in a horsetail.
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