"meadow foxtail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meadow foxtails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} meadow foxtail (countable and uncountable, plural meadow foxtails)
  1. A common perennial grass, Alopecurus pratensis, of temperate Eurasia; grown widely for fodder and hence introduced to North America, Australia and New Zealand. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Poeae tribe grasses

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