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dogtail

dogtail noun: buddleja asiatica, a deciduous shrub of the East Indies.

Noun

dogtail (uncountable)

  1. Buddleja asiatica, a deciduous shrub of the East Indies.

Origin of dogtail

dog + tail

Questions about dogtail

What does dogtail mean?
Dogtail means buddleja asiatica, a deciduous shrub of the East Indies.
What part of speech is dogtail?
Dogtail is a noun.

Words near dogtail in the dictionary

  1. dogstar
  2. Dogsthorpe
  3. dogstooth
  4. dogswear
  5. dogtagged
  6. dogtail
  7. dogtective
  8. dogtectives
  9. dogteeth
  10. Dogtober 7th
  11. dogtooth

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