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VARIEGATED SCOURING RUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does variegated scouring rush mean?
• VARIEGATED SCOURING RUSH (noun)
The noun VARIEGATED SCOURING RUSH has 1 sense:
1. northern North America; Greenland; northern and central Europe
Familiarity information: VARIEGATED SCOURING RUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VARIEGATED SCOURING RUSH (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Northern North America; Greenland; northern and central Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Equisetum variegatum; variegated horsetail; variegated scouring rush
Hypernyms ("variegated scouring rush" 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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