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foxtail

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Noun

  1. A tail of a fox.
  2. A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
  3. A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
  4. 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
  5. Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox: species of genus Alopecurus (foxtail grasses).
  6. Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox: species of Setaria (foxtail millets).
  7. Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox: Bromus madritensis (foxtail brome).
  8. Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox: Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley).
  9. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet: Acalypha hispida (chenille plant).
  10. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet: Lycopodiella alopecuroides 9foxtail clubmoss0.
  11. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet: Wodyetia bifurcata (foxtail palm).
  12. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet: An orchid of species Rhynchostylis retusa.
  13. The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

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