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English translation: horsetail


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French term or phrase:prêle
English translation:horsetail
Entered by: GILLES MEUNIER
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French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - unspecified
French term or phrase: prêle
ingredient in anti-ageing moisturizing cream
diabolo
France
Local time: 22:01
horsetail
Explanation:
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Note added at 2002-06-18 09:33:29 (GMT)
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Vegecol with Organic Aloe Moisturizing Cream Quantity: Size: Stock #: Price: 2
oz. ... Tones and balances the complexion with horsetail and coltsfoot. ...
www.aubrey-organics.com/ product1.cfm?product_id=019A&cat=10 - 14k - En cache - Pages similaires

Aubrey Organics -- Rosa Mosqueta® Rose Hip Moisturizing Cream - [ Traduire cette page ]
... TRY-ME-OUTS, Rosa Mosqueta® Rose Hip Moisturizing Cream Quantity: Size ... Contains
silica-rich horsetail and coltsfoot, very beneficial to the skin. ...
www.aubrey-organics.com/ product1.cfm?product_id=091B&cat=14 - 15k

horsetail s CORRECT

horse-tail s CORRECT
Equisètum s LAT

DEF - A plant of the genus Equisetum s
OBS - Rhizomes perennial, jointed, branched, widely creeping, dark-colored, often tuber-bearing, the nodes provided with toothed, often felted sheaths; ... Stem erect to depressed, simple to branched, cylindrical, the surface regularly striated, overlaid with teeth, dots, bands, rosettes or a smooth coat of silex; ... Prothallus found in damp places

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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 22:01
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4 +6horsetail
GILLES MEUNIER
5 +3Horsetail
Sophie Vaudolon
5horsetail, see noteBarbara Stephens


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
horsetail


Explanation:
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Note added at 2002-06-18 09:33:29 (GMT)
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Vegecol with Organic Aloe Moisturizing Cream Quantity: Size: Stock #: Price: 2
oz. ... Tones and balances the complexion with horsetail and coltsfoot. ...
www.aubrey-organics.com/ product1.cfm?product_id=019A&cat=10 - 14k - En cache - Pages similaires

Aubrey Organics -- Rosa Mosqueta® Rose Hip Moisturizing Cream - [ Traduire cette page ]
... TRY-ME-OUTS, Rosa Mosqueta® Rose Hip Moisturizing Cream Quantity: Size ... Contains
silica-rich horsetail and coltsfoot, very beneficial to the skin. ...
www.aubrey-organics.com/ product1.cfm?product_id=091B&cat=14 - 15k

horsetail s CORRECT

horse-tail s CORRECT
Equisètum s LAT

DEF - A plant of the genus Equisetum s
OBS - Rhizomes perennial, jointed, branched, widely creeping, dark-colored, often tuber-bearing, the nodes provided with toothed, often felted sheaths; ... Stem erect to depressed, simple to branched, cylindrical, the surface regularly striated, overlaid with teeth, dots, bands, rosettes or a smooth coat of silex; ... Prothallus found in damp places



GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 22:01
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 2395
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxRimbaud
54 mins
  -> merci

agree  allemande
3 hrs
  -> merci

agree  Theresa Pisani Moniez: OK, everybody agrees it's "horsetail", but Gilles got there 1st. Nice documentation!
3 hrs
  -> merci c'est sympa

agree  Linda Jarosiewicz
4 hrs

agree  Jean-Luc Dumont
4 hrs

agree  Paul Mably
5 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Horsetail


Explanation:
"Mauvaise herbe vivace à rhizomes des terrains humides de la famille des Équisetacées, genre Equisetum." - Grand Dictionnaire.

See also the Clarins website.



    Reference: http://int.clarins.com/main.cfm?PlanteID=277&lettre=H
    Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com/_fs_global_01.htm
Sophie Vaudolon
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nathalie Bouyssès
8 mins

agree  Saraa Hafez
3 hrs

agree  allemande
3 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
horsetail, see note


Explanation:
it's a weed/herb. there are several different kinds, so if there is an adjective with it, you may want to look on Eurodicautom to see if it's marsh horsetail, field horsetail, water horsetail, etc.

Barbara Stephens
United States
PRO pts in pair: 11
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