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foxtail

DEFINITIONS OF: foxtail

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n grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes

Synonyms:
foxtail grass
Types:
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Alopecurus pratensis, meadow foxtail
stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America
bristle grass, bristlegrass
grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet
giant foxtail
two species of coarse annual foxtails that are naturalized weeds in United States
Setaria glauca, glaucous bristlegrass, yellow bristle grass, yellow bristlegrass, yellow foxtail
common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas
Setaria viridis, bottle grass, bottle-grass, green bristlegrass, green foxtail, rough bristlegrass
European foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weed
Hungarian grass, Italian millet, Setaria italica, foxtail millet
coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay, and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States
Setaria italica rubrofructa, Siberian millet
millet having orange to reddish grains in long bristly spikes
German millet, Setaria italica stramineofructa, golden wonder millet
millet having yellow grains in large drooping spikes
Type of:
meadow grass, meadowgrass
any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
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