foxtail

plural foxtails

1. literalThe tail of a fox.
2. A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
3. datedA cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
4. 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.

   2. Species of the genus Alopecurus (foxtail grasses).
   3. Species of the genus Setaria (foxtail millets).
   4. Bromus madritensis (foxtail brome).
   5. Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley).
   6. Acalypha hispida (chenille plant).
   7. Lycopodiella alopecuroides (foxtail clubmoss)
   8. Wodyetia bifurcata (foxtail palm).
   9. An orchid of species Rhynchostylis retusa.
5. engineeringThe last cinders obtained in the fining process.