"fox's foot" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English foxesfot, from Old English foxes fōt, equivalent to fox's + foot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|foxesfot}} Middle English foxesfot, {{inh|en|ang|foxes fōt}} Old English foxes fōt, {{af|en|fox|foot|alt1=fox's}} fox's + foot Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} fox's foot (plural not attested)
  1. A type of bur-reed (Sparganium simplex) native to North America and Eurasia. Tags: no-plural Categories (lifeform): Commelinids, Poeae tribe grasses
    Sense id: en-fox's_foot-en-noun-7J6x~9Ho Disambiguation of Commelinids: 68 32 Disambiguation of Poeae tribe grasses: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English nouns with unattested plurals, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of English nouns with unattested plurals: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 77 23
  2. Synonym of cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata) Tags: no-plural Synonyms: cocksfoot [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fox's_foot-en-noun-egt2wNUi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: black-weed, simple-stemmed bur-reed

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