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Definition of: horsetail
(hôrs′tāl′) noun
1. The tail of a horse, especially when severed from the body and used as a distinction of rank or as a standard. In Turkey the two ranks of pashas were distinguished by two and three horsetails.
2. A perennial, hollow–stemmed, pteridophytic plant (genus Equisetum); the scouring rush.
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