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mares'-tails

mares'-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

Questions about mares'-tails

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

Words near mares'-tails in the dictionary

  1. Marero
  2. mares
  3. Mares Run
  4. mares' nests
  5. mares' tails
  6. mares'-tails
  7. Maresca
  8. Marescas
  9. mareschal
  10. mareschals
  11. Mareses

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