snake-grass en · NOUN
Meanings
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Horsetails, including species Equisetum hyemale and Equisetum sylvaticum.
The golden expanse was only varied by knots of the green snake-grass, with its slender and feathery leaves—the most graceful of herbs.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 49:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snake-grasses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |