noun🔗ShareThe tail of a horse."The little girl braided colorful ribbons into the horsetails of her pony. "animalpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores."Along the wet ditch, we saw patches of horsetails, their hollow stems standing tall like miniature green bamboo. "plantbiologynatureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA Turkish standard denoting rank."Commanders were distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. The sultan had seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one."militaryroyalhistorytraditionsignChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris."The pond's edge was thick with horsetails, their slender green stalks reaching towards the sunlight. "plantbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time."After a light rain, the cascade became a series of delicate horsetails, clinging to the mossy cliff face. "geographygeologynatureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers."After the car accident, the doctor examined the patient's horsetails (bundle of nerve fibers at the base of the spinal cord) to check for nerve damage in the legs and feet. "anatomyorganmedicinebodyphysiologybiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA ponytail hairstyle."My daughter wore a neat horsetails to her school dance. "appearancestyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading