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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
horsetail
n : 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
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