quick grass

quick grass

n (Plants) another name for couch grass [C17: Scot and northern English variant of couch grass, from the earlier quick living; compare quitch grass]

quick′ grass`

n. a couch grass, Agropyron repens. [1875–80]

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Noun

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quick grass - European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weedAgropyron repens, couch grass, dog grass, quack grass, quackgrass, witch grass, witchgrasswheatgrass, wheat-grass - a grass of the genus Agropyron