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.
- 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.