noun
Meaning 1
A tail of a fox.
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noun
A tail of a fox.
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A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
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A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
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Usage: dated
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A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
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noun
A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
species of genus Alopecurus (foxtail grasses).
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A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
species of Setaria (foxtail millets).
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noun
A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
Bromus madritensis (foxtail brome).
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A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley).
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noun
A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
Acalypha hispida (chenille plant).
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A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
Lycopodiella alopecuroides 9foxtail clubmoss0.
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noun
A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
Wodyetia bifurcata (foxtail palm).
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A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
An orchid of species Rhynchostylis retusa.
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noun
The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
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Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
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Synonyms: foxtail grass
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Broader terms: meadowgrass, meadow grass
Narrower terms: meadow foxtail, Alopecurus pratensis, bristlegrass, bristle grass, giant foxtail, yellow bristlegrass, yellow bristle grass, yellow foxtail, glaucous bristlegrass, Setaria glauca, green bristlegrass, green foxtail, rough bristlegrass, bottle-grass, bottle grass, Setaria viridis, foxtail millet, Italian millet, Hungarian grass, Setaria italica
History
From Middle English fox-tail. By surface analysis, fox + tail.
Across languages
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.