noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A tail of a fox.
2. 2
   grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes wordnet
3. 3
   A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
4. 4
   A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant. dated
5. 5
   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

   "Look at the foxtails growing along the road."

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6. 6
   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).
7. 7
   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).
8. 8
   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).
9. 9
   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).
10. 10
    A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.; Acalypha hispida (chenille plant).
11. 11
    A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.; Lycopodiella alopecuroides 9foxtail clubmoss0.
12. 12
    A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.; Wodyetia bifurcata (foxtail palm).
13. 13
    A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.; An orchid of species Rhynchostylis retusa.
14. 14
    The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

Synonyms

All synonyms

flowerfoxtail grass

Example

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"Look at the foxtails growing along the road."

Etymology

From Middle English fox-tail. By surface analysis, fox + tail.

Related phrases

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