quack grass

noun Inland North and North Midland U.S..

a couch grass, Agropyron repens, a pernicious weed in cultivated fields.

Origin of quack grass

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby quack grass

qu'appelle, qu., qua, quaalude, quack, quack grass, quackery, quacksalver, quaco, quad, quad bike

Example sentences from the Web for quack grass

  • By creeping root-stocks, as June grass, quack-grass and toad-flax.

    Seeds of Michigan Weeds |W. J. (William James) Beal

British Dictionary definitions for quack grass

quack grass

noun

another name for couch grass

Word Origin for quack grass

C19: a variant of quick grass