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Foxtail

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A tail of a fox.
  2. A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
  3. A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
  4. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
  5. Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
  6. species of genus Alopecurus (foxtail grasses).
  7. species of Setaria (foxtail millets).
  8. Bromus madritensis (foxtail brome).
  9. Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley).
  10. Acalypha hispida (chenille plant).
  11. Lycopodiella alopecuroides 9foxtail clubmoss0.
  12. Wodyetia bifurcata (foxtail palm).
  13. An orchid of species Rhynchostylis retusa.
  14. The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

Equivalents

6 more languages
العربيةذيل الثعلب
Nederlandsvossenstaart
తెలుగునక్కతోక

Examples

Look at the foxtails growing along the road.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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