English Explanatory Dictionary

foxtail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tail of a fox.
  2. A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
  3. A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
  4. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
  5. Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
  6. species of genus Alopecurus (foxtail grasses).
  7. species of Setaria (foxtail millets).
  8. Bromus madritensis (foxtail brome).
  9. Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley).
  10. Acalypha hispida (chenille plant).
  11. Lycopodiella alopecuroides 9foxtail clubmoss0.
  12. Wodyetia bifurcata (foxtail palm).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

foxtail foxtails

Etymology

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

Derived words

foxtail saw bristly foxtail Carolina foxtail carpet foxtail cactus chinese foxtail Cochise foxtail cactus creeping meadow foxtail Cretan meadow foxtail foxtail brome foxtail barley foxtail bristlegrass foxtail cactus foxtail clubmoss foxtail lichen foxtail millet Foxtail mosaic virus foxtail orchid foxtail palm foxtail pine giant foxtail green foxtail marsh foxtail meadow foxtail nodding foxtail orange foxtail Rendle's meadow foxtail short-awn foxtail slender meadow foxtail water foxtail wild foxtail millet yellow foxtail

Translations

Armenian: խոզանուկ Bulgarian: класица Chinese Mandarin: 看麥娘 /看麦娘 Finnish: puntarpää Finnish: pantaheinä Finnish: tähkä French: vulpin German: Fuchsschwanz German: Borstenhirse Japanese: 雀の鉄砲 Kazakh: қоянқұйрық Kazakh: түлкіқұйрық Navajo: zééʼiilwoʼii Romanian: coada-vulpii Russian: щети́нник Russian: мыше́й Spanish: cola de zorro Swedish: kavle Telugu: నక్కతోక Turkish: tilkikuyruğu Ottoman Turkish: تلكی قویروغی Welsh: cynffonwellt Welsh: cibogwellt
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