English Explanatory Dictionary

mare's-tail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud.
  2. Any aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris, having narrow leaves in whorls.
  3. especially, common mare's tail (Hippuris vulgaris)
  4. Erigeron canadensis (syn. Conyza canadensis), an annual weed.
  5. Equisetum, a fern ally.

Word forms

mare's-tail mare's-tails mares'-tails

Synonyms

horseweed Canadian fleabane horsetail pipeweed

Derived words

mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails

Translations

Estonian: hobusesaba Ancient Greek: ἴπνον
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