What does rough horsetail mean?

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

What is another word for rough horsetail?

Close synonyms include scouring rush, Equisetum hyemale, 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 rough horsetail a common word?

rough horsetail 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.

rough horsetail — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils
Synonymsscouring rush Equisetum hyemale Equisetum hyemale robustum Equisetum robustum
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What does rough horsetail mean?: rough horsetail means "evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils".

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