heermoes
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. The first element may derive from Proto-West Germanic *haru (“bitter, sharp”); the second may be moes, but in a sense more comparable to that found in German Gemüse (“vegetable”); the compound might then originally have meant "bitter vegetable".
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
heermoes n (uncountable)
- field horsetail, Equisetum arvense
- Hypernym: paardenstaart
Further reading[edit]
- heermoes on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl