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| | | common horsetail | (n) of Eurasia and Greenland and North America, Syn. Equisetum arvense, field horsetail | horsetail | (n) 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 | marsh horsetail | (n) scouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphere, Syn. Equisetum palustre | swamp horsetail | (n) Eurasia; northern North America to Virginia, Syn. Equisetum fluviatile, water horsetail | variegated horsetail | (n) northern North America; Greenland; northern and central Europe, Syn. variegated scouring rush, Equisetum variegatum | wood horsetail | (n) Eurasia except southern Russia; northern North America, Syn. Equisetum Sylvaticum | equisetaceae | (n) sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies, Syn. family Equisetaceae, horsetail family | horsehair lichen | (n) any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair, Syn. horsetail lichen | poison milkweed | (n) milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock, Syn. horsetail milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata | scouring rush | (n) evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils, Syn. Equisetum hyemale robustum, rough horsetail, Equisetum robustum, Equisetum hyemale |
| Horsetail | n. 1. (Bot.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A Turkish standard, denoting rank. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Commanders are distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. Thus, the sultan has seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one. [ 1913 Webster ] Shrubby horsetail. (Bot.) See Joint-fir. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| 马尾松 | [mǎ wěi sōng, ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄟˇ ㄙㄨㄥ, 马 尾 松 / 馬 尾 松] Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine) #49,423 [Add to Longdo] | 歇后语 | [xiē hòu yǔ, ㄒㄧㄝ ㄏㄡˋ ㄩˇ, 歇 后 语 / 歇 後 語] stable figure of speech contrasting two incompatible parts, such as English "snowball's chances in hell" or Chinese 馬尾穿豆腐|马尾穿豆腐 stringing beancurd on horsetail #66,786 [Add to Longdo] | 马尾穿豆腐 | [mǎ wěi chuān dòu fu, ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨ˙, 马 尾 穿 豆 腐 / 馬 尾 穿 豆 腐] lit. beancurd strung on horsetail; fig. frail and unreliable; a strategy that is sure to fail [Add to Longdo] |
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