| coryphaena equisetis | (n) a kind of dolphinfish |
| equisetaceae | (n) sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies, Syn. family Equisetaceae, horsetail family |
| equisetales | (n) lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian, Syn. order Equisetales |
| equisetum | (n) horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae, Syn. genus Equisetum |
| australian pine | (n) common Australian tree widely grown as an ornamental in tropical regions; yields heavy hard red wood, Syn. Casuarina equisetfolia |
| common horsetail | (n) of Eurasia and Greenland and North America, Syn. Equisetum arvense, field horsetail |
| maintenon | (n) French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719), Syn. Marquise de Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon |
| marchioness | (n) a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess, Syn. marquise |
| marquee | (n) permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc., Syn. marquise |
| marquesas islands | (n) a group of volcanic islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia, Syn. Iles Marquises |
| marsh horsetail | (n) scouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphere, Syn. Equisetum palustre |
| monologuize | (v) talk to oneself, Syn. soliloquize, soliloquise, monologuise |
| montespan | (n) French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707), Syn. Marquise de Montespan, Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart |
| pompadour | (n) French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764), Syn. Marquise de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson |
| 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 |
| sphenopsida | (n) horsetails and related forms, Syn. Equisetatae, class Equisetatae, class Sphenopsida |
| 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 |
| Equisetaceous | a. (Bot.) Belonging to the Equisetaceæ, or Horsetail family. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Equisetiform | a. [ Equisetum- + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the form of the equisetum. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Equisetum | ‖n.; pl. Equiseta [ L., the horsetail, fr. equus horse + seta a thick, stiff hair, bristle. ] (Bot.) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The Equiseta have hollow jointed stems and no true leaves. The cuticle often contains siliceous granules, so that one species (E. hyemale) is used for scouring and polishing, under the name of Dutch rush or scouring rush. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Marquise | ‖n. [ F. See Marquis, and cf. Marquee. ] The wife of a marquis; a marchioness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
