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Definition of Kweek
1. Noun. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Cynodon, Genus Cynodon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kweek
| kvetching kvetchy kw kwaai kwacha kwachas kwagga kwaggas kwai kwaito | kwanza kwanzas kwashiorkor kwashiorkors kweek (current term) kwela kwelas kwerekwere kwh kwukyel | ky- kyBP kyaboca wood kyack kyacks kyak kyaks kyamancha kyang |
Literary usage of Kweek
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on English Etymology: Chiefly Reprinted from the Transactions of the by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"... (Triticum repens) is there called kweek, or kweek- gras, which is further
explained to mean ..."
2. South African Journal of Science by South African association for the advancement of science (1904)
"... Doub, Doob, Dub, Regte kweek-gras, Tweek-grass, Chien-dent. Indigenous throughout
India, where it ascends to 5000 ft. alt.; now almost cosmopolitan, ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1903)
"The broad garden path was overgrown with burweed, the irritating kweek that is
the worst annoyance of gardeners in the south-wes province of the Cape Colony ..."
4. Report by Cape of Good Hope (Colony). Dept. of Agriculture (1907)
"Extra expense had to be incurred in requisitioning the services of another span
of Convicts, in order to eradicate the kweek in the ..."
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