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Spikelet vs Foxtail - What's the difference?

spikelet | foxtail |

As nouns the difference between spikelet and foxtail

is that spikelet is (botany) a small, or secondary spike, especially one of many in the inflorescence of a grass or sedge while foxtail is the tail of a fox.

spikelet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A small, or secondary spike, especially one of many in the inflorescence of a grass or sedge

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    foxtail

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The tail of a fox.
  • A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses
  • A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet.
  • # Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
  • Look at the foxtails growing along the road.
  • ## species of genus Alopecurus , [.
  • ## species of Setaria , foxtail millets.
  • ## , (foxtail brome).
  • ## Hordeum jubatum , foxtail barley.
  • # , chenille plant.
  • # , foxtail clubmosses.
  • # , (foxtail palm).
  • (metallurgy) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
    • (Raymond)

    Derived terms

    * (Carolina foxtail) * (marsh foxtail) * (meadow foxtail) * (short-awn foxtail) * (slender foxtail) * (water foxtail)

    External links

    * (wikipedia "foxtail")