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- noun A species of
grass , Elytrigiarepens
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Examples
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May 3, 2008 at 5:59 am poppies quick-growin quackgrass rose-culored roses s…
teh sign is rong - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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After a season of neglect, even these tough flowers were losing ground to the bindweed and quackgrass and spurge.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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Other plants also are "totally tied up with our culture," he says, even reviled weeds like dandelions, once considered a decorative herb, and noxious grasses such as crabgrass and quackgrass, used to fuel the engines of commerce - horses and mules.
LJWorld.com stories: News By Adrian Higgins - The Washington Post 2010
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The quackgrass has grown tall and mourning doves frequently visit him.
MISSISSAUGA - Home 2010
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"Remove persistent weeds such as blackberry, bindweed, morning glory or quackgrass that composting might not smother."
unknown title 2009
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Don't add weeds that have gone to seed or aggressive perennial weeds like creeping Charley, bindweed, or quackgrass.
unknown title 2009
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"Remove persistent weeds such as blackberry, bindweed, morning glory or quackgrass that composting might not smother."
unknown title 2009
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Don't add weeds that have gone to seed or aggressive perennial weeds like creeping Charley, bindweed, or quackgrass.
unknown title 2009
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This sometimes requires such close examination that a magnifying loop will be needed to distinguish, say, quackgrass from goosegrass.
rolig commented on the word quackgrass
also known as couch grass
July 25, 2008