foxtail


Definition: Meaning of, foxtail in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈfɒksteɪl /

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foxtail foxtails
  1. grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
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foxtail used in phrases

  • foxtail barley (noun)
    1. barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia
  • foxtail grass (noun)
    1. ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States
    2. grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
  • foxtail millet (noun)
    1. coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay, and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States
  • foxtail orchid (noun)
    1. any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme
  • giant foxtail (noun)
    1. two species of coarse annual foxtails that are naturalized weeds in United States
  • green foxtail (noun)
    1. european foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weed
  • meadow foxtail (noun)
    1. stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America
  • yellow foxtail (noun)
    1. common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas
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