quackgrass en · NOUN
Etymology
Alteration of quickgrass, a variant of quitchgrass.
Meanings
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(Canada, US, countable, uncountable) Couch grass (a species of grass, Elymus repens).
“These tracks are the straightest shot I know from those two sections of quack grass back there […] to the closest gin mill.”
1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 66:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quack-grass | alternative | lexicographic | |
| quack grass | alternative | lexicographic | |
| quackgrasses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |