“horsetail”在英语中的释义

noun

1. (literal) A tail of a horse.

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

3. (military) A Turkish standard denoting rank.

   • 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.

4. (botany) A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris.

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

6. (anatomy) cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers.

7. (rare) A ponytail hairstyle.