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What is a foxtail?

What is a foxtail? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The tail of a fox.
  2. A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses
  3. A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
    1. Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
    2. Acalypha hispida, chenille plant.
    3. Lycopodium clavatum and Lycopodiella alopecuroides, foxtail clubmosses.
    4. Wodyetia bifurcata, foxtail palm.
  4. (metallurgy) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
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Dock, foxtail, jimsonweed, johnsongrass, morning glory, wild nightshades and ragweed indicate a soil low in calcium and phosphorus.
It is for control of black nightshade, pigweed, waterhemp, foxtail and crabgrass.
Weeds can be dangerous, especially foxtail grasses with barbed seed heads, which dogs can accidentally inhale with serious consequences.
The hairlike bristles sticking out all over the inflorescence are typical of foxtail grasses.
That way, shallow rooted weeds like foxtail and bluegrass will be unable to grow until the alfalfa has a head start.
If foxtail grows in your yard mow the grass often, especially in late spring when the plant grows most rapidly.

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