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witchgrass

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: witchgrass

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n
North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land
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n
European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: witchgrass
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n North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land

Synonyms:
Panicum capillare, old witch grass, old witchgrass, tumble grass, witch grass
Type of:
panic grass
any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder
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n European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed

Synonyms:
Agropyron repens, couch grass, dog grass, quack grass, quackgrass, quick grass, witch grass
Type of:
wheat-grass, wheatgrass
a grass of the genus Agropyron
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