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fairies' horse

fairies' horse noun: ragweed.

Noun

fairies' horse (plural fairies' horses)

  1. ragweed
    • As we all know, witches ride through the air on a broom, but sometimes their means of locomotion was a bulrush, a branch of thorn, mullein stalks, cornstalk, or ragweed, called fairies' horse in Ireland.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 267

Forms of fairies' horse

pluralfairies' horses

Questions about fairies' horse

What does fairies' horse mean?
Fairies' horse means ragweed.
What part of speech is fairies' horse?
Fairies' horse is a noun.
What is the plural of fairies' horse?
The plural of fairies' horse is fairies' horses.

Words near fairies' horse in the dictionary

  1. Fairhurst
  2. Fairhursts
  3. fairie
  4. fairies
  5. fairies' butter
  6. fairies' horse
  7. fairies' horses
  8. fairily
  9. fairing
  10. fairing off
  11. fairing up

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