ALOPECURUS, or FOX-TAIL GRASS, in botany: A genus of the triandria digynia class; and in the natural method ranking under the 4th order, Gramina. The characters are: The corolla is a single-flowered bi-valve glume: The corolla is one-valved: The stamina consist of three capillary filaments; the anthers bifurcated at both ends: The pistillum is a roundish germ; there are two styli; and the stigmata are simple: The pericarpium is a corolla clothed the seed; and the seed is single and roundish. There are eight species, viz. the pratensis, or meadow fox-tail grass; the bulbosus, or bulbous fox-tail grass; the geniculatus, or fluted fox-tail grass; and the myrioides, or field fox-tail grass; these four grow wild in Britain: the agrestis, the monspeliensis, the panicus, and the hordeiformis, are all natives of France and the southern parts of Europe, except the last, which is a native of India. See GRASS.