mare's tail
High feathery clouds
Mare's tail names two unrelated things.
One is a common aquatic plant with whorls of slender leaves around an erect stem, resembling a horse's tail rising from the water.
The other is a type of cirrus cloud—long, wispy streaks that trail across the sky like flowing hair.
Mare's tails in the evening sky often signal approaching weather changes.
High wispy ice formation
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- high-altitudeElevated atmospheric position
- ice crystalsSolid water formations
fair weather · streaky · filamentous · hooked · fibrous · stratosphere · jetstream · upper atmosphere
Jointed flowerless marsh plant
- aquaticWater-inhabiting
- perennialRecurring each year
- rhizomeHorizontal underground plant stem
- invasiveEncroaching without welcome
wetland · pond weed · emergent · herbaceous · spore · prehistoric · fossil · silica
Jointed flowerless marsh plant
- silicaSilicon dioxide compound
- diureticUrine-promoting substance
- kidneyBlood-filtering organ
- bladderOrgan holding urine
medicinal · naturopathy · tea · tincture · bone health · mineral-rich · traditional remedy · detoxification
cirrus
High wispy ice formation
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- high-altitudeElevated atmospheric position
ice crystals · fair weather · streaky · filamentous · hooked · fibrous · stratosphere · jetstream · upper atmosphere · thin
horsetail
Jointed flowerless marsh plant
invasive · wetland · pond weed · emergent · herbaceous · spore · prehistoric · fossil · silica · segmented
horsetail
Jointed flowerless marsh plant
bladder · medicinal · naturopathy · tea · tincture · bone health · mineral-rich · traditional remedy · detoxification · anti-inflammatory
mare's tailcumulus
Dense, billowing cloud type
cumulonimbus · stratus · nimbostratus · stratocumulus · fog
mare's tailcactus
Spiny desert plant
sagebrush · tumbleweed · desert plant · xerophyte · succulent