foxtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foxtails
Etymology: From Middle English fox-tail. By surface analysis, fox + tail.
Senses: glosses: A tail of a fox.
glosses: A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
glosses: A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
examples: Look at the foxtails growing along the road.
glosses: 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
glosses: 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).
glosses: 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).
glosses: 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).
glosses: 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).
glosses: A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
Acalypha hispida (chenille plant).
glosses: A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
Lycopodiella alopecuroides 9foxtail clubmoss0.
glosses: A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
Wodyetia bifurcata (foxtail palm).
glosses: A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
An orchid of species Rhynchostylis retusa.
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glosses: The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
Derived terms: word: foxtail saw
taxonomic: Setaria verticillata
word: bristly foxtail
taxonomic: Alopecurus carolinianus
word: Carolina foxtail
taxonomic: Escobaria sneedii
word: carpet foxtail cactus
taxonomic: Setaria faberi
word: chinese foxtail
taxonomic: Escobaria robbinsiorum
word: Cochise foxtail cactus
taxonomic: Alopecurus arundinaceus
word: creeping meadow foxtail
taxonomic: Alopecurus creticus
word: Cretan meadow foxtail
taxonomic: Bromus madritensis
word: foxtail brome
taxonomic: Hordeum jubatum
word: foxtail barley
taxonomic: Setaria italica
word: foxtail bristlegrass
taxonomic: Lycopodiella alopecuroides
word: foxtail clubmoss
taxonomic: Nodobryoria spp.
word: foxtail lichen
taxonomic: Setaria spp.
word: foxtail millet
word: Foxtail mosaic virus
taxonomic: Rhynchostylis retusa
word: foxtail orchid
taxonomic: Wodyetia bifurcata
word: foxtail palm
taxonomic: Pinus balfouriana
word: foxtail pine
taxonomic: Setaria faberi
word: giant foxtail
taxonomic: Setaria viridis
word: green foxtail
taxonomic: Alopecurus geniculatus
word: marsh foxtail
taxonomic: Alopecurus pratensis
word: meadow foxtail
taxonomic: Setaria faberi
word: nodding foxtail
taxonomic: Alopecurus aequalis
word: orange foxtail
taxonomic: Alopecurus rendlei
word: Rendle's meadow foxtail
taxonomic: Alopecurus aequalis
word: short-awn foxtail
taxonomic: Alopecurus myosuroides
word: slender meadow foxtail
taxonomic: Alopecurus geniculatus
word: water foxtail
taxonomic: Setaria viridis
word: wild foxtail millet
taxonomic: Setaria glauca
word: yellow foxtail