quack-grass

  • 1Quack grass — (Bot.) See {Quitch grass}. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2quack grass — n a European grass of the genus Agropyron (A. repens) that is naturalized throughout No. America and has roots and rhizome with diuretic properties called also couch grass, quitch, twitch …

    Medical dictionary

  • 3quack grass — ☆ quack grass n. [var. of QUICK GRASS] COUCH GRASS …

    English World dictionary

  • 4quack grass — noun European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed • Syn: ↑dog grass, ↑couch grass, ↑quackgrass, ↑quick grass, ↑witch grass, ↑witchgrass, ↑Agropyron repens …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 5quack grass — Inland North and North Midland U.S. a couch grass, Agropyron repens, a pernicious weed in cultivated fields. [1810 20] * * * ▪ plant also called  couch grass , or  quick grass (Agropyron repens)        rapidly spreading grass of the family… …

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  • 6quack grass — Quitch grass Quitch grass (kw[i^]ch gr[.a]s ). [Properly quick grass, being probably so called from its vigorous growth, or from its tenacity of life. See {Quick}, and cf. {Couch grass}.] (Bot.) A perennial grass ({Agropyrum repens}) having long… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7quack grass — paprastasis varputis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Miglinių šeimos pašarinis, prieskoninis, vaistinis augalas (Elytrigia repens), paplitęs šiaurės Afrikoje, Europoje ir Azijoje. Iš jo gaminami maisto priedai (kvėpikliai). atitikmenys: lot …

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  • 8quack grass — noun Etymology: alteration of quick (grass), alteration of quitch (grass) Date: circa 1818 a European grass (Elytrigia repens syn. Agropyron repens) that is naturalized throughout North America and spreads by creeping rhizomes called also couch… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 9quack grass — /ˈkwæk gras/ (say kwak grahs) noun → couch2. {variant of quitch grass} …

  • 10quack grass — noun North American term for couch2. Origin C19: var. of quick, northern form of quitch …

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