horsetail | (n) หางม้า |
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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. ☞ 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 ]
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马尾松 | [马 尾 松 / 馬 尾 松] Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine) #49,423 [Add to Longdo] |
歇后语 | [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 | [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] |
Zinnkraut { n } [ bot. ] | common horsetail [Add to Longdo] |
杉菜 | [すぎな, sugina] (n) field horsetail [Add to Longdo] |
土筆 | [つくし, tsukushi] (n) (1) horsetail; (2) scouring rush (plant) [Add to Longdo] |
木賊;砥草 | [とくさ, tokusa] (n) scouring rushes; Equisetum hyemale; common horsetail [Add to Longdo] |