"mare's-tail" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mare's-tails [plural], mares'-tails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|mares'-tails}} mare's-tail (plural mare's-tails or mares'-tails)
  1. A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud.
    Sense id: en-mare's-tail-en-noun-ai6bdnE7 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 9 28 8 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 11 27 7 33
  2. Any aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris, having narrow leaves in whorls.
    Sense id: en-mare's-tail-en-noun-lMHtr5q3 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 11 27 7 33
  3. Any aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris, having narrow leaves in whorls.
    especially, common mare's tail (Hippuris vulgaris)
    Sense id: en-mare's-tail-en-noun-X7ZxITW7 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Astereae tribe plants, Plantain family plants Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 9 28 8 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 11 27 7 33 Disambiguation of Astereae tribe plants: 8 16 38 14 24 Disambiguation of Plantain family plants: 9 11 65 3 13
  4. Erigeron canadensis (syn. Conyza canadensis), an annual weed. Synonyms: horseweed, Canadian fleabane
    Sense id: en-mare's-tail-en-noun-cgH3UU~8
  5. Equisetum, a fern ally. Synonyms: horsetail, pipeweed
    Sense id: en-mare's-tail-en-noun-wg0pCcTx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Horsetails, Water plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 8 26 8 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 7 17 14 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 9 28 8 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 11 27 7 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 17 19 14 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 18 15 18 9 40 Disambiguation of Horsetails: 17 9 27 4 43 Disambiguation of Water plants: 19 20 23 7 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails Translations (water plant of the genus Hippuris): ἴπνον (ípnon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), hobusesaba (Estonian)
Disambiguation of 'water plant of the genus Hippuris': 2 45 45 3 5

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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