Foxtail

Origin

fox + tail

Full definition of foxtail

Noun

1. The tail of a fox.
2. A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses
3. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
1. Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a foxLook at the foxtails growing along the road.
1. species of genus Alopecurus, foxtail grasses.
2. species of Setaria, foxtail millets.
3. , foxtail brome.
4. , foxtail barley.
2. , chenille plant.
3. and , foxtail clubmosses.
4. , foxtail palm.
5. (metallurgy) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

Derived terms

• Carolina foxtail
• marsh foxtail
• meadow foxtail
• short-awn foxtail
• slender foxtail
• water foxtail