Meanings
plural quackgrasses · alternative quack grass · alternative quack-grass
- CanadaUScountableuncountableCouch grass (a species of grass, Elymus repens).First known use 19th c.
“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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEuropean grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Alteration of quickgrass, a variant of quitchgrass.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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