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horsetail en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɔː(ɹ)s.teɪl/
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Etymology

From Middle English horsetaile, horstaile, equivalent to horse + tail.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:literal) A tail of a horse.
2. Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.
3. A Turkish standard denoting rank.
   • Commanders were distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. The sultan had seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one.
4. A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris.
5. Any waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time.
6. cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers.
7. (rare) A ponytail hairstyle.
   • The woman was tall and rail-thin, bony across the shoulders and breast, with arms and legs of wire and gristle. A fighter, she wore the traditional haircut, shaved temples, roach of hair tugged back in a horsetail. 2012, Clayton Emery, Mortal Consequences: Forgotten Realms:
   • They were psychic mediums that wore a horsetail hairstyle. They believed that their long hair acted as cosmic antennae to receive alien communication from beyond. 2011, George Romero, The Rescue, page 160:

Forms

Deriveds

shade horsetail · marsh horsetail · meadow horsetail · horsetail pine · great horsetail · variegated horsetail · field horsetail · horsetail she-oak · horsetail syndrome · dwarf horsetail · water horsetail · shrubby horsetail · common horsetail · wood horsetail · rough horsetail

Relateds

Equisetum subg. Hippochaete · snake-grass · Equisetum · scouring rush

Translations (84)

cs přeslička (plant of the order Equisetales) · pt cavalinha (plant of the order Equisetales) · arc שׁבטביטא (plant of the order Equisetales) · sk praslička (plant of the order Equisetales) · ja 杉菜 (plant of the order Equisetales) · mk коњско опавче (plant of the order Equisetales) · hy ասլանճ (plant of the order Equisetales) · ca equiset (plant of the order Equisetales) · arc בטבוט (plant of the order Equisetales) · fi korte (plant of the order Equisetales) · ga eireaball capaill (plant of the order Equisetales) · el ιππουρίδα (plant of the order Equisetales) · la equisētum (plant of the order Equisetales) · sl prẹ́slica (plant of the order Equisetales) · el εκουιζέτο (plant of the order Equisetales) · sh prȅslica (plant of the order Equisetales) · enm horstaile (tail of a horse) · he שְׁבַטְבָּט (plant of the order Equisetales) · da padderok (plant of the order Equisetales) · ru бунчу́к (Turkish standard) · liv vȯžā (plant of the order Equisetales) · ltg skūrsta (plant of the order Equisetales) · bg конска опашка (Turkish standard) · ko 말꼬리 (tail of a horse) · mrj урвач (plant of the order Equisetales) · el ιππουρίς (Turkish standard) · es cola de caballo (plant of the order Equisetales) · gl rabo de cabalo (plant of the order Equisetales) · grc ἵππουρις (plant of the order Equisetales) · tt наратбаш (plant of the order Equisetales) · cy marchrawn (plant of the order Equisetales) · ru хвощ (plant of the order Equisetales) · nv ałtį́į́ʼ jikʼaashí (plant of the order Equisetales) · nl paardenstaart (plant of the order Equisetales) · fr prêle (plant of the order Equisetales) · tr kırkkilit (plant of the order Equisetales) · hy ձիաձետ (plant of the order Equisetales) · ro coada-calului (plant of the order Equisetales) · mns-nor ларысь (plant of the order Equisetales) · ltg ašķi (plant of the order Equisetales) · lt asiūklis (plant of the order Equisetales) · pl skrzyp (plant of the order Equisetales) · ja 木賊 (plant of the order Equisetales) · gl xestela (plant of the order Equisetales) · sv fräken (plant of the order Equisetales) · vot õzʹzʹõ (plant of the order Equisetales) · it coda di cavallo (plant of the order Equisetales) · kpv куз (plant of the order Equisetales) · da padderokke (plant of the order Equisetales) · mhr кидпунчемшудо (plant of the order Equisetales) · fo bjølga (plant of the order Equisetales) · is elfting (plant of the order Equisetales) · cy marchrawn (tail of a horse) · kk қырықбуын (plant of the order Equisetales) · az qatırquyruğu (plant of the order Equisetales) · sh пре̏слица (plant of the order Equisetales) · ota آت قویروغی (plant of the order Equisetales) · de Schachtelhalm (plant of the order Equisetales) · de Kannenkraut (plant of the order Equisetales) · tr atkuyruğu (plant of the order Equisetales) · fa دم اسبی (plant of the order Equisetales) · ca cua de cavall (plant of the order Equisetales) · ba ҡырҡбыуын шыршы үләне (plant of the order Equisetales) · mhr урвоч (plant of the order Equisetales) · bg хвощ (plant of the order Equisetales) · lv kosa (plant of the order Equisetales) · sq këputje (plant of the order Equisetales) · syc ܫܒܱܛܒܳܛܳܐ (plant of the order Equisetales) · no snelle (plant of the order Equisetales) · ro barba-ursului (plant of the order Equisetales) · ko 쇠뜨기 (plant of the order Equisetales) · udm коньыбыж (plant of the order Equisetales) · nrf coue d'rat (plant of the order Equisetales) · fo bjølluvísa (plant of the order Equisetales) · ar ذَنَب الْخَيْل (plant of the order Equisetales) · ar كِنْبَاث (plant of the order Equisetales) · hu zsurló (plant of the order Equisetales) · hu lófarok (tail of a horse) · el ιππουρίδα (Turkish standard) · cmn 木賊 /木贼 (plant of the order Equisetales) · es equisetácea (plant of the order Equisetales) · kpv урбӧж (plant of the order Equisetales) · izh pökköheinä (plant of the order Equisetales) · udm шилан (plant of the order Equisetales)