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COMMON HORSETAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common horsetail mean? 

COMMON HORSETAIL (noun)
  The noun COMMON HORSETAIL has 1 sense:

1. of Eurasia and Greenland and North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: COMMON HORSETAIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMON HORSETAIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of Eurasia and Greenland and North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common horsetail; Equisetum arvense; field horsetail

Hypernyms ("common horsetail" is a kind of...):

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)


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