WITCH GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does witch grass mean? 

• WITCH GRASS (noun)
  The noun WITCH GRASS has 2 senses:

1. North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land

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

  Familiarity information: WITCH GRASS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WITCH GRASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

old witch grass; old witchgrass; Panicum capillare; tumble grass; witch grass; witchgrass

Hypernyms ("witch grass" is a kind of...):

panic grass (any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder)

Sense 2

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 ("witch grass" is a kind of...):

wheat-grass; wheatgrass (a grass of the genus Agropyron)