Shrubby horsetail

Shrubby horsetail
Horsetail Horse"tail`, n. 1. (Bot.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus {Equisetum}, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of {Equisetum}. [1913 Webster]

2. A Turkish standard, denoting rank. [1913 Webster]

Note: Commanders are distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. Thus, the sultan has seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one. [1913 Webster]

{Shrubby horsetail}. (Bot.) See {Joint-fir}. [1913 Webster]


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  • Horsetail — Horse tail , n. 1. (Bot.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus {Equisetum}, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of {Equisetum}. [1913 Webster] 2. A Turkish standard, denoting rank. [1913 Webster] Note:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Joint-fir — n. (Bot.) A genus ({Ephedra}) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; called also {shrubby horsetail}. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Equisetopsida — ▪ plant class Introduction       (division Pteridophyta), class of primitive spore bearing vascular plants. Most members of the group are extinct and known only from their fossilized remains. The sole living genus, Equisetum (horsetail), order… …   Universalium

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