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QUACKGRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quackgrass mean? 

QUACKGRASS (noun)
  The noun QUACKGRASS has 1 sense:

1. European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weedplay

  Familiarity information: QUACKGRASS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUACKGRASS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Agropyron repens; couch grass; dog grass; quack grass; quackgrass; quick grass; witch grass; witchgrass

Hypernyms ("quackgrass" is a kind of...):

wheat-grass; wheatgrass (a grass of the genus Agropyron)


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