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foxtail.

A tail of a fox.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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.

    dated
  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

  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.

Where this word comes from

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

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