witch grass
noun
a panic grass, Panicum capillare, having a bushlike compound panicle, common as a weed in North America.
Origin of witch grass
1780–90,
Americanism; probably alteration of
quitch grass
Words nearby witch grass
witblits,
witch,
witch alder,
witch ball,
witch doctor,
witch grass,
witch hazel,
witch hazel family,
witch hobble,
witch hunt,
witch moth
Example sentences from the Web for witch grass
Timothy and redtop and witch-grass are the very children of olus.
In the Open |Stanton Davis KirkhamHe did not like witch-grass; he never could see the use of the pesky stuff.
Narcissa, or the Road to Rome |Laura E. RichardsDelilah was always saying that there was use for everything; Bije wished she were here, to tell him the use of witch-grass.
Narcissa, or the Road to Rome |Laura E. RichardsThe witch-grass took breath, and rested from the fierce assaults of the hoe.
Narcissa, or the Road to Rome |Laura E. Richards