What does scouring rush mean?

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

What is another word for scouring rush?

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

scouring rush 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.

scouring rush — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

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

1.
evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils
Synonymsrough horsetail Equisetum hyemale Equisetum hyemale robustum Equisetum robustum
Broaderhorsetail

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

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