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YELLOW FOXTAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow foxtail mean? 

YELLOW FOXTAIL (noun)
  The noun YELLOW FOXTAIL has 1 sense:

1. common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areasplay

  Familiarity information: YELLOW FOXTAIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YELLOW FOXTAIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

glaucous bristlegrass; Setaria glauca; yellow bristle grass; yellow bristlegrass; yellow foxtail

Hypernyms ("yellow foxtail" is a kind of...):

foxtail; foxtail grass (grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes)


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