foxtail grass vs bristle grass

bristle grass vs foxtail grass

foxtail grass and bristle grass both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foxtail grass	Yes	No	No	No
bristle grass	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bristle grass is a hyponym of foxtail grass; that is, bristle grass 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
bristle grass: grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet

Other hyponyms of foxtail grass include Alopecurus pratensis, meadow foxtail, 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)	bristle grass (noun)
grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes	grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet
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 bristle grass

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