horsetail
(noun) perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
horsetail (plural horsetails)
(literal) The tail of a horse.
(botany) Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.
(military) A Turkish standard denoting rank.
(botany) A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris.
Any waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time.
(anatomy) cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers.
(rare) A ponytail hairstyle.
• aeroliths, isotheral
Source: Wiktionary
Horse"tail`, n.
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum.
2. A Turkish standard, denoting rank.
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. Shrubby horsetail. (Bot.) See Joint-fir.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
