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Answer for the clue "Horsetails ", 9 letters:
equisetum

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Word definitions for equisetum in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Equisetum \Eq`ui*se"tum\, n.; pl. Equiseta . [L., the horsetail, fr. equus horse + seta a thick,, stiff hair, bristle.] (Bot.) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails . Note: The Equiseta have hollow jointed stems ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Equisetum (; horsetail , snake grass , puzzlegrass ) is the only living genus in Equisetaceae , a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds. Equisetum is a " living fossil " as it is the only living genus of the entire class Equisetopsida ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The horsetail (plant of genus ''Equisetum'')

Usage examples of equisetum.

And there began a growth of rushes and equisetum and potamogeton that ended only with the drying of the pond.