Schachtelhalm

Definitions of Schachtelhalm
  1. noun
    perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
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    types:
    Ackerschachtelhalm
    of Eurasia and Greenland and North America
    Zinnkraut
    scouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphere
    type of:
    Schachtelhalmgewächs
    pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida
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