equisetumn.
/ɛkwɪˈsiːtəm/ Botany.
A genus of plants called popularly Horsetail or Mare's-tail; the typical genus of the family Equisetaceæ.
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padpipe?a1300
paddock-pipec1300
holy-water strinklec1440
shavegrassc1450
shavewortc1450
horsetail1538
shaving-grass1538
cat's tail1552
toad-pipe1578
pewterwort1597
horse-willow1611
prêle1661
shave-weed1691
water horsetail1710
horse-pipe1785
rush1804
shave-rush1821
equisetum1830
pipeweed1837
scouring rush1845
mud horsetail1855
jointweed1879
bottlebrush1883
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 101 The fossil ferns, equiseta, and other plants of the coal strata.
1847 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 360 His oolitic upright Equisetums are dreadful for my submarine flora.
1873 J. W. Dawson Story Earth & Man vi. 129 Mares' Tails or Equisetums.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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