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crested dog's-tail

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crested dog's-tail
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a common wiry perennial grass, Cynosurus cristatus, of meadows and pasture
[named from the fancied resemblance between its one-sided flower spike and a dog's feathery tail]


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