Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as quick-grass, quitch-grass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Bot.) See
quitch grass .
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- noun Alternative form of
quackgrass .
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- noun European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
- noun European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Variant of quitch grass.]
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bilby commented on the word quack grass
"He had returned from a performance a little later than usual; it was April, midnight. The caravan stood on a plot of land near the coastal community of VedVedbæk. He had owned the property for twenty years without applying for a building permit. Its ten thousand square metres of quack grass stretched down to the beach, encircled by fir trees."
- 'The Quiet Girl', Peter Høeg.
March 18, 2008