ALL meanings of mare's-tail
mare's-tail
M m - noun mare's-tail a long narrow cirrus cloud whose flowing appearance somewhat resembles a horse's tail. 1
- noun mare's-tail an erect, aquatic, Old World plant, Hippuris vulgaris, having crowded whorls of narrow, hairlike leaves. 1
- noun mare's-tail a wisp of trailing cirrus cloud, often indicating high winds in the upper troposphere 0
- noun mare's-tail an erect cosmopolitan pond plant, Hippuris vulgaris, with minute flowers and crowded whorls of narrow leaves: family Hippuridaceae 0
- noun mare's-tail long, narrow formations of cirrus cloud somewhat like a horse's tail in shape, supposed to be a sign of changes in the wind 0
- noun mare's-tail the only species (Hippuris vulgaris) of an aquatic family (Hippuridaceae, order Callitrichales) of plants with tiny flowers and narrow, hairlike leaves growing in thick whorls around the slender, erect stems 0
- noun mare's-tail A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. 0
- noun mare's-tail An aquatic plant, Hippuris vulgaris, having narrow leaves in whorls. 0