foxtail_grass (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *foxtail grass*:
NOUN	plant	foxtail grass, Lycopodium alopecuroides	ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves
plant	foxtail grass, foxtail	grasses of the genera ... / genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes

English > *foxtail grass*: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions / regions of eastern and southeastern United States.
Synonym	Lycopodium alopecuroides
Broader	ground pine, Christmas green	Any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches

English > *foxtail grass*: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaning	grasses of the genera ... / genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes.
Synonym	foxtail
Narrower	bristlegrass, bristle grass	grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet
	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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