witchgrass

witch·grass

or witch grass W5200400 (wĭch′grăs′)n.1. An annual North American grass (Panicum capillare) having open diffuse purplish panicles.2. See couch grass.

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[Probably alteration of quitch grass.]

witchgrass

(ˈwɪtʃˌɡrɑːs) n (Plants) a N American grass, Panicum capillare

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Noun	1.	witchgrass - North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated landold witch grass, old witchgrass, Panicum capillare, tumble grass, witch grasspanic grass - any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder
	2.	witchgrass - European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weedAgropyron repens, couch grass, dog grass, quack grass, quackgrass, quick grass, witch grasswheatgrass, wheat-grass - a grass of the genus Agropyron