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mare's-tails

mare's-tails is the plural of mare's-tail.

Meaning of mare's-tail

Noun

mare's-tail (plural mare's-tails or mares'-tails)

  1. A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud.
  2. Any aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris, having narrow leaves in whorls.
    1. especially, common mare's tail (Hippuris vulgaris)
  3. Erigeron canadensis (syn. Conyza canadensis), an annual weed.
    Synonyms:
    horseweed, Canadian fleabane
  4. Equisetum, a fern ally.
    Synonyms:
    horsetail, pipeweed

Phrases with mare's-tails

Questions about mare's-tails

What is mare's-tails the plural of?
Mare's-tails is the plural of mare's-tail.

Words near mare's-tails in the dictionary

  1. mare's teat grape
  2. mare's teat grapes
  3. mare's teats
  4. mare's-nest
  5. mare's-tail
  6. mare's-tails
  7. Maready
  8. Mareadys
  9. mareblob
  10. mareblobs
  11. marechal

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