dog's-tail

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dog's-tail

n
(Plants) any of several grasses of the genus Cynosurus, esp C. cristatus (crested dog's-tail), that are native to Europe and have flowers clustered in a dense narrow spike
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Partial improvement of calcareous and acid grassland typically leads to increased prominence of perennial ryegrass, crested dogstail, Yorkshire fog and white clover.
Stands of sheeps fescue - hairy oat grass, Yorkshire fog, white clover in which species such as perennial ryegrass, crested dogstail and white clover are found.
Perennial ryegrass - crested dogstail. Is frequent in the Welsh lowlands.