quick grass

American  

noun

1. the couch grass, Agropyron repens.

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quick grass British  

noun

1. another name for couch grass

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Etymology

Origin of quick grass

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

After the Rains, when the quick grass sprang up, vast herds of deer and pronghorn come down from the mountains; and when there were no rains the people ate lizards and roots.

From The Trail Book by Austin, Mary Hunter

You think I am dead,"     The quick grass said, "Because I have parted with stem and blade!

From Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study by Anonymous