| 单词 | great horsetail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat horsetail great horsetail n. (in early use) any of several large horsetails of the genus Equisetum; (in later use) spec. a large horsetail, E. telmateia (formerly called E. majus), of damp soils in Eurasia, North Africa, and western North America. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxviii. 100 The naked stemes of the great Horsetayle, do spring vp in May. 1648 J. Bobart Eng. Catal. at Horsetaile, in Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis Great Horsetaile, equisetum majus. 1770 Culpeper's Eng. Physician Enlarged 176 The great horsetail at the first springing hath Heads somewhat like those of Asparagus. 1856 C. Johnston Fern Allies 8 The highly ornamental character of the Great Horsetail renders it one of the most desirable of its tribe in cultivation. 1988 tr. M. Treben Health from God's Garden 25/1 One variety of horsetail—the great horsetail—is poisonous, and shouldn't be taken internally under any circumstances. 2007 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 27 Mar. 4 One plant along your route, the great horsetail, is very rare in Israel. < as lemmas |
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