Mousetail

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mousetail \Mouse"tail`\, n. (Bot.)
     A genus of ranunculaceous plants ({Myosurus}), in which the
     prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and
     so resembles the tail of a mouse.
     [1913 Webster] mousetrap