dog grass

noun

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

• Syn:

↑couch grass, ↑quackgrass, ↑quack grass, ↑quick grass, ↑witch grass, ↑witchgrass, ↑Agropyron repens

• Hypernyms: ↑wheatgrass, ↑wheat-grass

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noun also dog's grass

Etymology: so called from its being eaten by sick dogs

1. : dog bent

2. : couch grass 1a

3. : yard grass

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dog grass,

= couch grass. (Cf. ↑couch grass)