common horsetail

noun

A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum arvense.

Similar
field horsetailEquisetum arvense

Meanings

nouncommon horsetail (plural common horsetails)

plural common horsetails

  1. A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum arvense.

    Synonyms: field horsetail

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum arvense.

More synonyms by meaning

nounof Eurasia and Greenland and North America

Similar
field horsetailEquisetum arvense
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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