meadow foxtail
noun1
A common perennial grass, of species Alopecurus pratensis, of temperate Eurasia; grown widely for fodder and hence introduced to North America, Australia and New Zealand.
- If I give my imagination free rein on this sultry afternoon, I could almost believe this shoulder-high grassland – a shimmering sea of false oat, cock’s-foot and meadow foxtail – is African savanna.2021 July 21, Phil Gates, “Country diary: this forgotten grassland is a butterfly Serengeti”, in The Guardian: