equisetum hyemale

1. 1.

   evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils

   Synonymsscouring rushrough horsetailEquisetum hyemale robustumEquisetum robustum

   Broaderhorsetail

Questions about equisetum hyemale

What does equisetum hyemale mean?

equisetum hyemale means "evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils".

What is another word for equisetum hyemale?

Close synonyms include scouring rush, rough horsetail, Equisetum hyemale robustum, Equisetum robustum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is equisetum hyemale a common word?

equisetum hyemale is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.