horsetail family
— Noun
– English
~ sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
horsetail
— Noun
– English
~ 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
horseweed
— Noun
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~ common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
horseweed
— Noun
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~ erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
horsewhip
— Noun
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~ a whip for controlling horses
horsewhipping
— Noun
– English
~ the act of whipping with a horsewhip; "that villain needs a good horsewhipping"