Foxtail

What do we mean by foxtail?

Any of various grasses of the genus Alopecurus, having dense, silky or bristly flowering spikes. noun

Any of several similar grasses, especially of the genera Hordeum and Setaria. noun

The tail of a fox. It was anciently one of the badges of a fool. Properly fox-tail. noun

2. One of various species of grass with soft brush-like spikes of flowers, especially of the genus Alopecurus, and also of the genera Setaria and (in Jamaica) Andropogon. The meadow-foxtail, is Alopecurus pratensis; the slender foxtail noun

A club-moss, Lycopodium clavatum. Prov. Eng. noun

In metal., the cinder, of a more or less cylindrical from and hollow in the center, obtained in the last stage of the charcoal-finery process. noun

The tail or brush of a fox. noun

The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria. noun

The last cinders obtained in the fining process. noun

A dovetail saw. noun

See Fox wedge, under Fox. noun

The tail of a fox. noun

Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox; particularly members of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria. noun

Any bushy seed spikelet. noun

Grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes noun

The tail of a fox.

A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses

A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.

The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

Words that are spelled similarly to foxtail:
foxtail, oxtail, fox tail.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word foxtail:
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Words that rhyme with foxtail:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe foxtail:
giant, green, yellow, slender, common, resistant, bristly, red, wild, geniculate, robust, dead, leaf, alpine.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective foxtail:
grass, millet, pine, flap, competition, barley, lily, fescue, millets.

Consonant match to foxtail:
fixed oil, fox tail.

Words that sound like foxtail:
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