foxtail grass

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: foxtail grass

1	n	ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States
2	n	grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: foxtail grass

Type of:: Christmas green, ground pine
any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; 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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