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mare's-tail

N พืช พวก  Hippuris vulgaris ใบ คล้าย ขน  กลุ่มก้อน เมฆ ที่ มอง เหมือนกับ หาง ม้า 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MARE'S-TAIL

MARE'S-TAIL Mare's "-tail `, n.

 

1. A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud. Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry low sails. Old Rhyme.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H.vulgaris ), having narrow leaves in whorls.