Encyclo - De online Nederlandstalige encyclopedie뮠in 驮 oogopslag
Encyclopedia Sources Categories About Encyclo      Enzyklopädie-DE Encyclopedie-NL
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Index
Agriculture and Industry
Animals and Nature
Architecture and Buildings
Arts
Business and Law
Earth and Environment
Economy and Finance
Education
Electronics and Engineering
Film and Animation
Food and Drink
General
General technical and industrial
Government and organisations
Health and Medicine
History and Culture
Hobbies and Crafts
Language and Literature
Legal
Management
Mathematics and statistics
Meteorology and astronomy
Military and Defence
Music and Sound
People and society
Sciences
Sport and Leisure
Technical and IT
Travel and Transportation

Look up: Equisetum

  1. Equisetum
    (Horsetail Rush, Scouring Rush) These hardy perennials are commonly known as Horsetail Rush or Scouring Rush. These plants grow wild in North America and are suited for planted at the edge of the water garden. E. hyemale grows up to 4 feet high. It has hollow, bright green, furrowed stems that are b...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/equisetum.html

  2. Equisetum
    Equisetum (a modern genus of horsetail) is a primitive, spore-bearing plant (a sphenopsid) with rhizomes. Its side branches are arranged in rings along the hollow stem. Other genera of horsetail were common during the Mesozoic Era , like Neocalamites, Calamites etc. Horsetails date from the Devonian...
    Found on http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subject

  3. Equisetum
    [n] - horsetails
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Equisetum
    Eq`ui·se'tum noun ; plural Equiseta . [ Latin , the horsetail, from equus horse + seta a thick,, stiff hair, bristle.] (Botany) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/60

  5. equisetum
    Origin: L, the horsetail, fr. Equus horse + seta a thick, stiff hair, bristle. ... <botany> A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; also called horsetails. ... The Equiseta have hollow jointed stems and no true leaves. The cuticle often contains siliceous granules, so that one spe...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. Equisetum
    genus Equisetum noun horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Equisetum
    • (n.) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. Equisetum
    Equisetum is the Horse-tail genus of flowering plants belonging to the Equisetaceae. They are mostly natives of northern temperate regions, occurring usually in wet, marshy ground. They have a creeping rootstock, from which rise vertical jointed stems with small leaves arranged in whorls. In many sp...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Equisetum
    `Equisetum` (; `horsetail`, `snake grass`, `puzzlegrass`) is the only living genus in the Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds. Equisetum is a "living fossil", as it is the only living genus of the entire class Equisetops...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equisetum



...

14 February 2012

This day in history:
/calendar/ February 14 is Valentine's Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop. The first Valentine card grew out of this practice. The first true Valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time. Cupid, another symbol of the holiday, became associated with it because he was the son of Venus, the Roman god of love and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards. read more

Encyclo in your browser

Encyclo in the search bar of your browser? Click for more info! Would you like to use Encyco more often? Add an (extra) search option to the search field of your browser. Installed in 3 seconds, easy to remove.
More info

Statistics

Encyclo has been online since october 15th 2007. It currently contains 3,485,243 words from 1122 sources. The words are listed in 32 categories.

Search

Type a word and press the `Search` button.

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
supposition (4/3)
perifocal (2/1)
Cecopexy (2/0)
Impost (2/25)
pachytene (6/1)
Butt (2/25)
Bromeliaceous (3/0)
jutta (2/20)
tactical (6/25)
Apalachee (3/4)
grouthead (2/0)
Agostino (4/25)
Camera-ready (2/6)
credulity (7/1)
SESAME (18/25)
Ois (5/25)
integrins (4/0)
Calcification (20/5)
Weil (8/25)
Disagreeance (2/0)
Swainship (2/0)
merocrine (6/3)
Labor (24/25)
Canker (5/25)

© Encyclo MMXI
Contact Privacy