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foxtail grass vs Alopecurus pratensis

Alopecurus pratensis vs foxtail grass

foxtail grass and Alopecurus pratensis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
foxtail grass Yes No No No
Alopecurus pratensis Yes No No No
As nouns, Alopecurus pratensis is a hyponym of foxtail grass; that is, Alopecurus pratensis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than foxtail grass:
  • foxtail grass: grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
  • Alopecurus pratensis: stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America
Other hyponyms of foxtail grass include meadow foxtail, bristle grass, bristlegrass, giant foxtail, glaucous bristlegrass, Setaria glauca, yellow bristle grass, yellow bristlegrass, yellow foxtail, bottle-grass, bottle grass, green bristlegrass, green foxtail, rough bristlegrass, Setaria viridis, foxtail millet, Hungarian grass, Italian millet, Setaria italica.
foxtail grass (noun) Alopecurus pratensis (noun)
grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America
ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States
Difference between foxtail grass and Alopecurus pratensis

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