quack grass

noun

, Inland North and North Midland U.S..

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

quack grass

noun

1. another name for couch grass

Word History and Origins

Origin of quack grass¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Word History and Origins

Origin of quack grass¹

C19: a variant of quick grass

Example Sentences

Quack grass will run out other grass because it travels under ground in the root as well as above ground in the seed.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg