HyperDic: meadow_foxtail

English > 1 sense of the expression meadow foxtail:
NOUNplantmeadow foxtail, Alopecurus pratensisstout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes
English > meadow foxtail: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningstout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America.
SynonymAlopecurus pratensis
Member ofAlopecurus, genus Alopecurusannual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds
Broaderfoxtail, foxtail grassgrasses of the genera ... / genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes

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