English > foxtail: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | grasses of the genera ... / genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes. |
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| Synonym | foxtail grass |
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| Narrower | bristlegrass, bristle grass | grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet |
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| foxtail millet, Italian millet, Hungarian grass, Setaria italica | coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay, and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States |
| giant foxtail | Two species of coarse annual foxtails that are naturalized weeds in United States |
| green bristlegrass, green foxtail, rough bristlegrass, bottle-grass, bottle grass, Setaria viridis | European foxtail naturalized in North America |
| meadow foxtail, Alopecurus pratensis | stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes |
| yellow bristlegrass, yellow bristle grass, yellow foxtail, glaucous bristlegrass, Setaria glauca | Common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas |
| Broader | meadowgrass, meadow grass | Any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture |
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