horsetail
/ˈhɔː(ɹ)s.teɪl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.89 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.
noun
A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris.
noun
Any waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time.
noun
cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "They were psychic mediums that wore a horsetail hairstyle. They believed that their long hair acted as cosmic antennae to receive alien communication from beyond."
- "The woman was tall and rail-thin, bony across the shoulders and breast, with arms and legs of wire and gristle. A fighter, she wore the traditional haircut, shaved temples, roach of hair tugged back in a horsetail."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: horsetaile