foxtail
- n grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
foxtail barley
- n barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia
foxtail grass
- n ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States
- n grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
foxtail millet
- n coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay, and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States