HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of mare's-tail | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud.
  2. Any aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris, having narrow leaves in whorls.
  3. especially, common mare's tail (Hippuris vulgaris)
  4. Erigeron canadensis (syn. Conyza canadensis), an annual weed.
  5. Equisetum, a fern ally.

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See mare's-tail used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course