foxtail

foxtail, attached to fox

Meaning

Noun

The tail of a fox.
A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses
A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

Origin

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

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