How to Use horsetail in a Sentence

horsetail

noun

• Sure — make that choice and all the horses in the landscape lose their tails, because horsetail hair was used for rope.
  — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2016
• Green shoots of horsetail as thin as yarn strands break from the ground below a tree’s barren branches.
  — Michael R. Blood, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2022
• But the Gilboa roots belong to more primitive trees that may be related to ferns and horsetails.
  — Colin Barras, Science | AAAS, 19 Dec. 2019
• This iconic horsetail-type waterfall has formed within the midst of Hakaui valley's jagged basalt peaks.
  — Stephanie Takyi, CNN, 2 June 2021
• Mounds of horsetail plants for regulating the influence of moon forces on the vineyard’s water?
  — Chris MacIas, SFChronicle.com, 17 Dec. 2020
• Imagine a landscape where redwood-like metasequoias towered over the hills; slim alder-like trees, ginkgos and vines dwelled at the forest margins; and lush ferns, cycads and horsetails packed the swamps.
  — Kate Siber, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 Aug. 2017
• Budnick kept the mango tree and removed all else including fescue grass, horsetail plants and bamboo.
  — Lisa Boone, latimes.com, 12 Sep. 2017
• More factually, the brand says the formula includes sage, green tea, sandalwood, and horsetail plant, which explains the fragrance.
  — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2018
• The only downside was that my property has a great deal of equisetum (horsetail), which enjoyed spreading its roots into the spaces left by the wavy layer in the middle.
  — oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2020
• Enclosed in glass on three sides, like some giant terrarium, but open to the sky, the inaccessible landscape will sprout with ferns, horsetail and magnolia trees.
  — Tim McKeough, New York Times, 26 May 2017
• Red clover adds oomph, oatstraw detangles, and horsetail prevents breakage.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 May 2022
• Contribute the centerpiece to a first apartment with a Hästens bed, which is handmade in Sweden with natural materials such as horsetail hair, wool, cotton and flax.
  — Alycia Cohen, WSJ, 14 May 2020
• But this blue-blazed trail, set within an 85-acre municipal park, offers a sweet reward for those who discover it: a 45-foot-tall horsetail waterfall, Notch Brook Cascade, set amid a hemlock grove.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2021
• The researchers were astounded to find that horsetails released more energy than any other plant group, including 16 modern grasses.
  — John Pickrell, Science | AAAS, 17 Oct. 2019
• Animals and plants that have been driven from much of Europe’s intensively farmed landscapes, including wolves, the Eurasian hoopoe bird and a plant called great horsetail, are reclaiming areas that were considered dead just a few years ago.
  — Washington Post, 14 June 2018
• That ginseng improves energy, say, or that ginger alleviates nausea, or that horsetail, which contains silica, might help hair to grow?
  — Amanda Fortini, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020
• And more than a few backstage experts and supermodels swear by Viviscal, a popular hair-growth vitamin that also contains silicon, along with amino acids and horsetail extract.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2018
• Her team zeroed in on the nutritional content of low-growing, spore-bearing horsetails, or Equisetum, which were widespread during the Jurassic period and still grow today.
  — John Pickrell, Science | AAAS, 17 Oct. 2019
• Clinical studies have shown that biotin, in conjunction with organic horsetail extract and other B vitamins, can greatly improve the appearance of nails, skin, and hair.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
• Blackberry, tree-of-heaven, invasive knotweeds, garlic mustard, lesser celandine, Italian arum and horsetail are some examples that are difficult to control.
  — oregonlive, 3 June 2021
• These super aggressive weeds include blackberry, Scotch broom, bindweed (also known as invasive morning glory), horsetail, English ivy, poison oak and old man’s beard (also known as traveler’s joy; an invasive species of clematis).
  — OregonLive.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• These super aggressive weeds include blackberry, Scotch broom, bindweed (also known as invasive morning glory), horsetail, English ivy, poison oak and old man’s beard (also known as traveler’s joy; an invasive species of clematis).
  — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2020
• Botanical bitter orange, hops, rosemary and horsetail power this long-loved mask from enduring skincare label Dermalogica. Like valium for an irritated face.
  — Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 26 Jan. 2023
• Its all-natural formula contains nutrient-rich aloe, revitalizing horsetail, and restorative chamomile.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022
• The powder also includes horsetail (said to promote collagen), nettle (a natural astringent), and calendula (a soothing antibacterial).
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024