mare's-tail
High feathery clouds
Mare's-tail refers to two unrelated things.
In meteorology, mare's-tails are wispy cirrus clouds that streak across the sky like flowing hair, often signaling changing weather: Mare's-tails at sunset meant rain by morning.
In botany, mare's-tail is an aquatic plant with whorls of narrow leaves around an upright stem, resembling a horse's tail emerging from the water.
Water-inhabiting
- pondSmall still body
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
- emergentNewly come into existence
- whorled leavesLeaves arranged in rings
submerged · freshwater · marsh · shallow water · perennial · herbaceous · rooted · stem
aquatic
Water-inhabiting
whorled leaves · submerged · freshwater · marsh · shallow water · perennial · herbaceous · rooted · stem · slender
cirrus
High wispy ice formation
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- high-altitudeElevated atmospheric position
- ice crystalsSolid water formations
streaky · feathery · hooked · filament · thin · white · delicate · sky · weather · forecast
mare's-tailcumulus
Dense, billowing cloud type
cumulonimbus · stratus · nimbostratus · thunderhead · stratocumulus
mare's-tailcactus
Spiny desert plant
sagebrush · tumbleweed · desert plant · xerophyte · succulent