쇠뜨기

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Korean

Etymology

Probably (soe, bovine, of cattle) +‎ (tteut, to pluck, to graze) +‎ (-gi, nominalizer): "that grazed by cattle".

The plant is a common weed in fields where cattle graze. Cattle do not actually prefer this plant.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?soetteugi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?soe'tteugi
McCune–Reischauer?soettŭgi
Yale Romanization?soy.ttuki
쇠뜨기 (soetteugi)

Noun

쇠뜨기 (soetteugi)

  1. horsetail (plant of the order Equisetales)
  2. (in particular) field horsetail, common horsetail; Equisetum arvense

See also

  • 뱀밥 (baembap, fertile shoot of the horsetail)