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MARSH HORSETAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marsh horsetail mean? 

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

1. scouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphereplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MARSH HORSETAIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Scouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Equisetum palustre; marsh horsetail

Hypernyms ("marsh 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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