horsetail
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fern ally, |
| definition | : | pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | common horsetail, equisetum arvense, field horsetail, |
| definition | : | of Eurasia and Greenland and North America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | equisetum fluviatile, swamp horsetail, water horsetail, |
| definition | : | Eurasia; northern North America to Virginia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | equisetum hyemale, equisetum hyemale robustum, equisetum robustum, rough horsetail, scouring rush, |
| definition | : | evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | equisetum palustre, marsh horsetail, |
| definition | : | scouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphere (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | equisetum sylvaticum, wood horsetail, |
| definition | : | Eurasia except southern Russia; northern North America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | equisetum variegatum, variegated horsetail, variegated scouring rush, |
| definition | : | northern North America; Greenland; northern and central Europe (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | equisetum, genus equisetum, |
| definition | : | horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae (noun.plant) |
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