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[syn: common horsetail, field horsetail, Equisetum arvense]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paddock \Pad"dock\, n. [OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D.
pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde.] (Zool.)
A toad or frog. --Wyclif. "Loathed paddocks." --Spenser
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Paddock pipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus
Equisetum, especially Equisetum limosum and the
fruiting stems of Equisetum arvense; -- called also
padow pipe and toad pipe. See Equisetum.
Paddock stone. See Toadstone.
Paddock stool (Bot.),a toadstool.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Equisetum arvense
n 1: of Eurasia and Greenland and North America [syn: common
horsetail, field horsetail, Equisetum arvense]