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Quack Grass

Definition: Quack Grass

Quack Grass

Noun

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

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Synonyms: Quack Grass

Synonyms: couch grass (n), dog grass (n), quackgrass (n), quick grass (n), witch grass (n), witchgrass (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: quickens (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology).

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Modern Translation: Quack Grass

Language Translations for "quack grass"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏نجيلة. (various references)

   

Danish

  

senegraes (couch grass, creeping wheat, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, twitch, white couch), almindelig kvik (couch grass, creeping wheat, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, twitch, white couch). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kweek (couch-grass). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

juolavehnä (couch-grass). (various references)

   

French

  

pelouse, herbage, chiendent rampant (quick grass, quickens, quitch grass), chiendent commun (quick grass, quickens, quitch grass). (various references)

   

German

  

kriechende Quecke (couch grass, creeping wheat, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, twitch, white couch), gemeine Quecke (couch grass, creeping wheat, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, twitch, white couch). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

άγρωστις η έρπουσα (couch grass, creeping wheat, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, twitch, white couch). (various references)

   

Italian

  

lattuga di cane (couch grass, creeping wheat, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, twitch, white couch), gramignone (couch grass, creeping wheat, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, stink lovegrass, twitch, US stinkgrass, white couch), gramigno (couch grass, creeping wheat, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, twitch, white couch). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ackquay assgray

   

Spanish

  

grama oficinal (couch grass, creeping wheat, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, twitch, white couch), grama del Norte (couch grass, creeping wheat, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, twitch, white couch), agropiro común (couch grass, creeping wheat, quick grass, quickens, quitch grass, twitch, white couch). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kvickrot (couch grass, quitch, quitch-grass). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Quack Grass

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Agropyron repens, Elytrigia repens, Triticum repens. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Quack Grass

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-k-q-r-s-s-u"

-3 letters: quasars.

-4 letters: acarus, quacks, quarks, quasar, scaurs, scrags, sugars.

-5 letters: agars, aquas, araks, arcus, argus, ascus, auras, carks, casas, casks, casus, crags, crass, cusks, gaurs, gauss, grass, guars, gucks, kagus, quack, quags, quark, quass, racks, ragas, rucks, rusks, sacks, sacra, sagas, sarks, scags, scars, scaur, scrag, skags, skuas, sucks, sugar, suras.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Translations: Ancient
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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