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mare's tail

mare's tail is the alternative form 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

Forms of mare's tail

pluralmare's tails

Questions about mare's tail

What is mare's tail the alternative form of?
Mare's tail is the alternative form of mare's-tail.

Words near mare's tail in the dictionary

  1. mare's leg
  2. mare's legs
  3. mare's milk
  4. mare's nest
  5. mare's nests
  6. mare's tail
  7. mare's tails
  8. mare's teat
  9. mare's teat grape
  10. mare's teat grapes
  11. mare's teats

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