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Definition of Quack grass
1. Noun. European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed.
Generic synonyms: Wheat-grass, Wheatgrass
Definition of Quack grass
1. Noun. (alternative form of quackgrass) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Quack grass
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Quack Grass
Literary usage of Quack grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"It is a well-known fact that quack-grass (Agropyron repens) is the most destructive
weed known to cereal agriculture. It has been a wonder to most farmers ..."
2. Public School Methods (1921)
""quack grass. This grass has some value as a hay grass, yet it is a most ...
"The best method of controlling quack grass seems to be as follows: It is ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"The grass family furnishes its full quota of weeds, among them quack-grass,
crab-grass, chess, June-grass, sand-bur, stink-grass. ..."
4. A Manual of Farm Grasses by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1921)
"ERADICATION OF quack grass On small patches, quack grass can be eradicated ...
quack grass. A seed head or spike, and a base showing the vigorous rootstocks ..."
5. Weeds of the Farm and Garden by Louis Hermann Pammel (1911)
"Experience has shown that quack grass spreads less frequently in a pasture crop or
... This will destroy much of the quack grass by the end of the season. ..."
6. Leading Cases Upon the Law of Torts by George Chase (1904)
"The representations alleged to be false were as to the non-existence on the farm
of a noxious weed or grass known as "quack grass." It is alleged that the ..."
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