donkey's tail

noun

variants or donkey tail

: burro's tail

S. morganianum, or donkey's tail, is an ideal sedum with curious, plump, light-green leaves tightly clustered on hanging stems and pink-to-purple-red blooms.

—Kathy Huber, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sept. 2003

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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