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foxtail

/foks-teyl/US // ˈfɒksˌteɪl //UK // (ˈfɒksˌteɪl) //

狐狸尾巴,狐尾草,狐狸草,狐狸尾

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the tail of a fox.
    • : any of various grasses having soft, brushlike spikes of flowers.

Examples

  • But if the girls or women dozed, he gently tickled their cheeks with the foxtail hanging at the other end of the same stick.

  • The honey clover, foxtail, mullein, and dill-poppies had closed over the horrible path-way leading to the church door-block.

  • Another day the juncos are feeding on the seeds of the foxtail or pigeon grass, in an old orchard hard by the border of the woods.

  • Foxtail (Setaria glauca), false redtop (Triodia flava), and panic grass (Panicum clandestinum) also occur commonly.

  • Sheep sorrel was most common, next to this yellow or bitter dock and green foxtail.