heermoes

Dutch
Equisetum arvense

Etymology

Uncertain. The first element may derive from Proto-West Germanic *haru (“bitter, sharp”); the second may be moes, but in a sense more comparable to that found in German Gemüse (“vegetable”); the compound might then originally have meant "bitter vegetable".

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Noun

heermoes n (uncountable)

  1. field horsetail, Equisetum arvense
    Hypernym: paardenstaart

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