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Equisetum   Listen
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Equisetum  n.  (pl. equiseta)  (Bot.) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; also called horsetails. Note: The Equiseta have hollow jointed stems and no true leaves. The cuticle often contains siliceous granules, so that one species (E. hyemale) is used for scouring and polishing, under the name of Dutch rush or scouring rush.





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... Horse-taile (equisetum). Watchmakers and fine workers in brasse use it after smooth filing. They have it from Holland; but about Dracot Cerne and Kington St. Michael, in the minchin-meadow of Priory St. Maries, is great quantity of the same. It growes four and five ...
— The Natural History of Wiltshire • John Aubrey


Words linked to "Equisetum" :   Equisetum fluviatile, Equisetum variegatum, family Equisetaceae, Equisetum Sylvaticum, horsetail, Equisetum palustre, Equisetum arvense, Equisetum hyemale


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