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AGROPYRON REPENS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Agropyron repens mean?
• AGROPYRON REPENS (noun)
The noun AGROPYRON REPENS has 1 sense:
1. European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
Familiarity information: AGROPYRON REPENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Agropyron repens; couch grass; dog grass; quack grass; quackgrass; quick grass; witch grass; witchgrass
Hypernyms ("Agropyron repens" is a kind of...):
wheat-grass; wheatgrass (a grass of the genus Agropyron)
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