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Definition: Scouring Rush |
Scouring RushNoun1. Evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Scouring RushSynonym: rough horsetail (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Scouring Rush |
| English words defined with "scouring rush": Calamite ♦ Dutch rush ♦ Shave grass ♦ variegated scouring rush. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Close up of scouring rush plant near Amarillo, Tx.Credit: Paul W. Tanner. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expression using "scouring rush": variegated scouring rush. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scouring rush | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "scouring rush"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Bulgarian | хвощ (cat's tail, horsetail, jointweed). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 土筆 (horsetail). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | つくし (horsetail). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ouringscay ushray | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Equisetum hiemale L., Equisetum hyemale L.. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-h-i-n-o-r-r-s-s-u-u" | |
-2 letters: chorussing. | |
-3 letters: chorusing, coursings, hocussing, scirrhous, scourings. | |
-4 letters: chousing, churring, coursing, crossing, crushing, cushions, hocusing, housings, ruchings, rushings, scirrhus, scouring, shorings, sourcing. | |
-5 letters: choring, cirrous, congius, coshing, cosigns, cousins, curious, curring, currish, cursing, cursors, cushion, cussing, grisons, horsing, housing, incross, nourish, ochring, ouching, rigours, roguish, rousing, ruching, ruinous, rushing, scoring, shoguns, shoring, signors, sinuous, sorings, souring, sourish, sousing, uncross, unrough, urchins, urinous. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 6F 75 72 69 6E 67 52 75 73 68 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01101111 01110101 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01010010 01110101 01110011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c o u r i n g   R u s h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 006F 0075 0072 0069 006E 0067 0052 0075 0073 0068 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5369818784758073252878574 |
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