foxtail

foxtail

English

foxtail, attached to fox

a meadow foxtail grass head (Alopecurus pratensis)

Etymology

From Middle English fox-tail, equivalent to fox +‎ tail.

Noun

foxtail (plural foxtails)

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 fox

      Look at the foxtails growing along the road.

      1. species of genus Alopecurus, foxtail grasses.
      2. species of Setaria, foxtail millets.
      3. Bromus madritensis, foxtail brome.
      4. Hordeum jubatum, foxtail barley.
   2. Acalypha hispida, chenille plant.
   3. Lycopodiella alopecuroides, foxtail clubmoss.
   4. Wodyetia bifurcata, foxtail palm.
4. (metallurgy) The last cinders obtained in the fining process[1].

Derived terms

• foxtail saw
• bristly foxtail (Setaria verticillata)
• Carolina foxtail (Alopecurus carolinianus)
• carpet foxtail cactus (Escobaria sneedii)
• chinese foxtail (Setaria faberi)
• Cochise foxtail cactus (Escobaria robbinsiorum)
• creeping meadow foxtail (Alopecurus arundinaceus)
• Cretan meadow foxtail (Alopecurus creticus)
• foxtail brome (Bromus madritensis)
• foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum)
• foxtail bristlegrass (Setaria italica)
• foxtail clubmoss (Lycopodiella alopecuroides)
• foxtail lichens (Nodobryoria spp.)
• foxtail millets (Setaria spp.)
• Foxtail mosaic virus
• foxtail orchid (Rhynchostylis retusa)
• foxtail palm (Wodyetia bifurcata)
• foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana)
• giant foxtail (Setaria faberi)
• green foxtail (Setaria viridis)
• marsh foxtail (Alopecurus geniculatus)
• meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis)
• nodding foxtail (Setaria faberi)
• orange foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)
• Rendle's meadow foxtail (Alopecurus rendlei)
• short-awn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)
• slender meadow foxtail (Alopecurus myosuroides)
• water foxtail (Alopecurus geniculatus)
• wild foxtail millet (Setaria viridis)
• yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila, Setaria glauca)

Translations

tail of a fox

Bulgarian: лисича опашка f (lisiča opaška) Dutch: vossenstaart (nl) m Finnish: ketunhäntä (fi) French: queue de renard (fr) f German: Fuchsschwanz (de) m Italian: coda di volpe f Manx: arbyl shynnee m Polish: lisi ogon m Russian: ли́сий хвост m (lísij xvost) Swedish: rävsvans (sv) c Telugu: నక్కతోక (nakkatōka)

foxtail grass

Armenian: խոզանուկ (hy) (xozanuk) (Setaria) Bulgarian: класица f (klasica) Chinese: Mandarin: 看麥娘／看麦娘 (zh) (kànmàiniáng) Finnish: puntarpää (fi) (Alopecurus), pantaheinä (fi) (Setaria) French: vulpin (fr) m German: Fuchsschwanz (de) m (Alopecurus), Borstenhirse f (Setaria) Japanese: 雀の鉄砲 (スズメノテッポウ, suzume no teppō) Kazakh: қоянқұйрық (qoänqūiryq), түлкіқұйрық (tülkıqūiryq) Navajo: (Alopecurus) zééʼiilwoʼii Romanian: coada-vulpii (ro) f Russian: щети́нник (ru) m (ščetínnik) (Setaria), мыше́й (ru) m (myšéj) (Setaria) Spanish: cola de zorro f Swedish: kavle (sv) c (Alopecurus) Telugu: నక్కతోక (nakkatōka)

bushy seed spikelet

Finnish: tähkä (fi)

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Translations to be checked

Manx: (please verify) arbyl shynnee m

References

1. 1881, Rossiter W. Raymond, A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms

Further reading

• foxtail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Poaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies