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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of several grasses, of the genus Panicum, often found as a weed. uncountable, usually
2. 2
   European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed wordnet
3. 3
   Couch grass (a European grass that spreads rapidly, Elymus repens). uncountable, usually
4. 4
   North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

agropyron repenscouch grassdog grassdog grassold witch grassold witchgrass

Etymology

From witch + grass.

Related phrases

fall witchgrasscouch grass

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