foxtail
IPA: fˈɑksteɪɫ
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.
- Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
- species of genus Alopecurus, foxtail grasses.
- species of Setaria, foxtail millets.
- Bromus madritensis, foxtail brome.
- Hordeum jubatum, foxtail barley.
- Acalypha hispida, chenille plant.
- Lycopodiella alopecuroides, foxtail clubmoss.
- Wodyetia bifurcata, foxtail palm.
- The orchid Rhynchostylis retusa.
- (metallurgy) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
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Examples of "foxtail" in Sentences
- The culture cultivated foxtail millet.
- The warrior name might become Foxtail.
- It often goes by the common name Foxtail lily.
- Foxtail has now been suggested as a possibility.
- The noodles were made from foxtail and broom millet.
- The inhabitants of Jiahu cultivated foxtail millet and rice.
- - Grab a foxtail from the side of the pond before you leave.
- In all these cases, the foxtail can physically enter the body.
- Thus, the foxtail is a type of diaspore or plant dispersal unit.
- Their hats are trimmed with swizzle sticks, foxtails and pipe cleaners.
- Foxtail Pine is a tree to tall, exceptionally, and up to trunk diameter.
- Sara 7:52 pm: And axe and the foxtail are overused costume bits, often inappropriately used
- I saw the words: tropes, foxtail and battle axe and wonder what they have to do with steampunk.
- Fountain grass forms foxtail flowers in the fall, and these plumes wave over the foliage for three months or more.
- The researchers also studied temperatures by looking at high-elevation trees, called foxtail pines, near Giant Forest.
- Rhynchostylis retusa, foxtail orchid, by Buddhini Samarasinghe — Plant is native to Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and India.
- What we won't see until next year, and for the next five-seven years, is the result of an abundance of annual weeds, such as foxtail, mustard and ragweed.
- On the Hot Creek, White Pine, and Golden Gate ranges we find a still hardier and more picturesque species, called the foxtail pine, from its long dense leaf-tassels.
- There are many wonderful selections, such as foxtail lilies, daffodils, peonies, however, be sure if you make a selection, note whether or not it will grow in Zone 8, irises, amaryllis, and many more.
- Most of the proofs are based on biological or historical evidence - but I did find one etymological aspect: while many claim that the name "shibolet shual" comes the spike, shibolet, of plant looking like the tail of a fox, shual, (and we find the phrase "foxtail" with a similar meaning in English), Feliks believes that the name comes from the fact that foxes like eating the softer two-rowed barley more than other grains, in the same way that invei shual ענבי
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