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Definition: Quack Grass |
Quack GrassNoun1. European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Quack GrassSynonyms: 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). |
| 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 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) kvickrot (couch grass, quitch, quitch-grass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Agropyron repens, Elytrigia repens, Triticum repens. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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