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equisetum
[ ek-wuh-see-tuhm ]
noun
- any plant of the genus Equisetum, comprising the horsetails.
equisetum
/ ˌɛkwɪˈsiːtəm /
noun
- any tracheophyte plant of the genus Equisetum, which comprises the horsetails
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- equi·setic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of equisetum1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of equisetum1
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Example Sentences
Mike's Head is probably a popular name for the rush of the Equisetum species, known as "horsetail."
In this connection his figuring young plants of Equisetum attached to prothalli is interesting.
The swampy regions by the rivers are covered with Equisetum and Scirpus cspitosus; and they are very abundant on the mountains.
To take away the unevennesses and roughnesses dried shave-grass (equisetum) answers best.
In the more damp and marshy places the bottom is covered with marsh trefoil, carex, smooth equisetum, and rush.
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