foxtail

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7

Definition of foxtail

13 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A tail of a fox.
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noun

  1. A tail of a fox.
  2. A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
  3. (dated)A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
  4. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
    “Look at the foxtails growing along the road.”
  5. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
  6. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
  7. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
  8. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
  9. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
  10. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
  11. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
  12. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
  13. The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

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Etymology

From Middle English fox-tail. By surface analysis, fox + tail.

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