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quack grass

–noun Inland North and North Midland U.S..
a couch grass, Agropyron repens, a pernicious weed in cultivated fields.

Origin:
1810–20
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couch grass  
n.  A Eurasian grass (Agropyron repens) that has whitish-yellow root stocks and has become a troublesome weed in the New World. Also called quack grass, witch grass.

[Alteration of quitch grass.]
quack grass  
n.  See couch grass.

[Variant of quitch grass.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: quack grass
Function: noun
: a European grass of the genus Agropyron (A. repens) that is naturalized throughout No. America and has roots andrhizome with diuretic properties called also couch grass, quitch, twitch, witchgrass
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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