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Quick Grass

Definition: Quick Grass

Quick Grass

Noun

1. 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: Quick Grass

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

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Crosswords: Quick Grass

English words defined with "quick grass": Quitch grass. (references)
Etymologies containing "quick grass": Quitch grass. (references)

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Modern Translation: Quick Grass

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

Danish

  

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

   

Dutch

  

kweek (couch-grass). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

juolavehnä (couch-grass). (various references)

   

French

  

chiendent rampant (quack grass, quickens, quitch grass), chiendent commun (quack grass, quickens, quitch grass). (various references)

   

German

  

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

   

Greek 

  

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

   

Italian

  

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

   

Pig Latin

  

ickquay assgray

   

Spanish

  

grama oficinal (couch grass, creeping wheat, quack grass, quickens, quitch grass, twitch, white couch), grama del Norte (couch grass, creeping wheat, quack grass, quickens, quitch grass, twitch, white couch), agropiro común (couch grass, creeping wheat, quack 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: Quick 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: Quick Grass

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-3 letters: cuirass.

-4 letters: cigars, crasis, crissa, kauris, quacks, quarks, quicks, quirks, scaurs, scrags, sugars.

-5 letters: arcus, argus, arsis, ascus, auric, auris, carks, casks, casus, cigar, crags, crass, curia, cusks, gaurs, gauss, grass, guars, gucks, kagus, kauri, quack, quags, quais, quark, quasi, quass, quick, quirk, racks, ragis, rakis, ricks, risks, risus, rucks, rusks, sacks, sakis.

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

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INDEX

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


  

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