A type of grass (genus Cynosurus) with a distinctive tail-like seed head resembling a dog's tail.
From 'dog' + 'tail,' named for the appearance of the plant's seed head. The botanical name 'Cynosurus' itself comes from Greek 'kyon' (dog) + 'oura' (tail), showing the same visual comparison across languages.
Plants named after dog parts are surprisingly common in English botany—dogwood, dog rose, dog violet—but 'dogstail' is special because the comparison is immediately obvious when you see the seed head standing up like a canine tail.
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