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EQUISETUM PALUSTRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Equisetum palustre mean?
• EQUISETUM PALUSTRE (noun)
The noun EQUISETUM PALUSTRE has 1 sense:
1. scouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphere
Familiarity information: EQUISETUM PALUSTRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Equisetum palustre; marsh horsetail
Hypernyms ("Equisetum palustre" is a kind of...):
horsetail (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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