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Horsetails
Answer for the clue "Horsetails ", 9 letters:
equisetum
Alternative clues for the word equisetum
Word definitions for equisetum in dictionaries
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'')
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 ...
Usage examples of equisetum.
And there began a growth of rushes and equisetum and potamogeton that ended only with the drying of the pond.