Defenition of the word horsetail 
    
    
        Defenition of the word horsetail 
                    perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America 
                 
     
 
Meronymys for the word horsetail 
    
        
                    cone 
                    Equisetum 
                    genus Equisetum 
                    strobile 
                    strobilus 
                 
     
 
Hyponyms for the word horsetail 
    
        
                    common horsetail 
                    Equisetum arvense 
                    Equisetum fluviatile 
                    Equisetum hyemale 
                    Equisetum hyemale robustum 
                    Equisetum palustre 
                    Equisetum robustum 
                    Equisetum Sylvaticum 
                    Equisetum variegatum 
                    field horsetail 
                    marsh horsetail 
                    rough horsetail 
                    scouring rush 
                    swamp horsetail 
                    variegated horsetail 
                    variegated scouring rush 
                    water horsetail 
                    wood horsetail 
                 
     
 
Hypernyms for the word horsetail 
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                        	of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures twenty-two hundredths of an inch in diameter; "a .22 caliber pistol"