dog grass

noun

A coarse perennial grass, of species Elymus repens, common in uncultivated grounds

Meanings

noundog grass (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA coarse perennial grass, of species Elymus repens, common in uncultivated grounds

    Synonyms: couch grass, common couch, twitch, quick grass, quitch grass, quitch, quackgrass, scutch grass

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA coarse perennial grass, of species Elymus repens, common in uncultivated grounds

More synonyms by meaning

nounEuropean grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed

Broader
wheatgrasswheat-grass

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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