Alopecurus pratensis

Definitions of Alopecurus pratensis
  1. noun
    stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America
    synonyms: meadow foxtail
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    type of:
    foxtail, foxtail grass
    grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
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