Found 2 items, similar to Foxtail.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: foxtail foxtail n : grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes [syn: foxtail grass ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Foxtail Foxtail \Fox"tail`\, n. 1. The tail or brush of a fox. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria. [1913 Webster] 3. (Metal.) The last cinders obtained in the fining process. --Raymond. [1913 Webster] Foxtail saw, a dovetail saw. Foxtail wedging. See Fox wedge, under Fox. [1913 Webster]