HORSETAIL


Meaning of HORSETAIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhȯrs-ˌtāl ]

noun

Date: 15th century

: any of a genus ( Equisetum of the order Equisetales) of lower tracheophytes comprising perennial plants that spread by creeping rhizomes and have leaves reduced to nodal sheaths on the hollow jointed ribbed shoots

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horsetail: 1 vegetative plant, 2 fertile plant

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