Word Finder - horsetail

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The tail of a horse.

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Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.

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A Turkish standard denoting rank.

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Commanders were distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. The sultan had seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one.

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A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris.

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Any waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time.

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Cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers.

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A ponytail hairstyle.

Other uncommon species may occur, such as hair sedge Carex capillaris, sheathed sedge C. vaginata and variegated horsetail equisetum variegatum.

Modern research has validated long-standing folk medicine practices of using horsetail to mend connective tissue and bone.

In grass, regular mowing over a period of years may eliminate horsetail.

The small horsetail that looks like a soft baby pine tree is preferred over the rigid, leafless kind.

Numbers slowly declined, but we finished with a quick look round Skaters Meadow, which had abundant water horsetail and spike rush.

Maximum vegetative growth of field horsetail occurs in July.

Nearby, between reeds and bog bean, was growing the marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre that can grow up to 60 cm tall.

Foxglove and tormentil in flower, with lady fern, hard fern and wood horsetail making a good display in the damper areas.

Re soaps, etc, I saw a recipe for a hair rinse made from horsetail!

Notable species include toothwort, rough horsetail and wood melick.

The administration of kazas, or cantons, was usually entrusted to the cadis and the holders of the more important fiefs; the sanjaks, or departments, were ruled by alai beys or mir-i-livas (colonels or brigadiers), pashas with one horsetail; the vilayets, or provinces, by beylerbeys or mir-i-mirans (lord of lords), pashas with two horse-tails; these were all originally military officers, who, in addition to their administrative functions, were charged with the duty of mustering and commanding the feudal levies in war time.

Re soaps, etc, I saw a recipe for a hair rinse made from horsetail !

Also bear in mind that minerals such as silica, which is found heavily in the herb horsetail, can make a powerful difference to your hair.

Silica supplements, such as that sold by Alta Health Products, are made from extract of horsetail or Equisetum Arvense.

Horsetail is an herbal remedy that has been used in traditional medicines at least since Ancient Greek and Roman times.

Alta Sil-X Silica contains silica horsetail extract, extracted with a patented process.

Alta Health Silica uses European Horsetail extract.

This product provides a 30-day supply of packets of supplements that support skin, hair and nails such as beta carotene, Horsetail and Silica.

The Calamarieae, now known to have been the chief Palaeozoic representatives of the Horsetail stock, attained the dimensions of trees, reaching, according to Grand' Eury, a height of from 30 to 60 metres, and showed in all respects a higher and more varied organization than their recent successors.

I hopefully won't ever get as much horsetail as needed for the fresh decoction!