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foxtail en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A tail of a fox.
2. A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
3. (dated) A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
4. 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.
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 ▸ species of genus Alopecurus (foxtail grasses).
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 Setaria (foxtail millets).
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 ▸ Bromus madritensis (foxtail brome).
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 ▸ Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley).
9. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet. ▸ Acalypha hispida (chenille plant).
10. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet. ▸ Lycopodiella alopecuroides 9foxtail clubmoss0.
11. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet. ▸ Wodyetia bifurcata (foxtail palm).
12. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet. ▸ An orchid of species Rhynchostylis retusa.
13. The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

Forms

Deriveds

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

Translations (34)

ota تلكی قویروغی (foxtail grass) · bg класица (foxtail grass) · pl lisi ogon (tail of a fox) · fr vulpin (foxtail grass) · de Fuchsschwanz (foxtail grass) · es cola de zorro (foxtail grass) · bg лисича опашка (tail of a fox) · de Borstenhirse (foxtail grass) · fi ketunhäntä (tail of a fox) · ru мыше́й (foxtail grass) · fi tähkä (bushy seed spikelet) · ja 雀の鉄砲 (foxtail grass) · cy cynffonwellt (foxtail grass) · kk қоянқұйрық (foxtail grass) · fr queue de renard (tail of a fox) · sv kavle (foxtail grass) · cmn 看麥娘 /看麦娘 (foxtail grass) · gv arbyl shynnee (tail of a fox) · fi puntarpää (foxtail grass) · cy cibogwellt (foxtail grass) · nv zééʼiilwoʼii (foxtail grass) · de Fuchsschwanz (tail of a fox) · it coda di volpe (tail of a fox) · fi pantaheinä (foxtail grass) · kk түлкіқұйрық (foxtail grass) · hy խոզանուկ (foxtail grass) · te నక్కతోక (tail of a fox) · ro coada-vulpii (foxtail grass) · tr tilkikuyruğu (foxtail grass) · ru щети́нник (foxtail grass) · nl vossenstaart (tail of a fox) · te నక్కతోక (foxtail grass) · sv rävsvans (tail of a fox) · ru ли́сий хвост (tail of a fox)