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Meaning of "quack grass" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUACK GRASS

A variant of quick grass.
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PRONUNCIATION OF QUACK GRASS

quack grass play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUACK GRASS

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determiner
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Quack grass is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUACK GRASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

quack grass

Elymus repens

Elymus repens, commonly known as couch grass, is a very common perennial species of grass native to most of Europe, Asia, the Arctic biome, and northwest Africa. It has been brought into other mild northern climates for forage or erosion control. Other names include twitch, quick grass, quitch grass, dog grass, quackgrass, scutch grass, and witchgrass.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUACK GRASS

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quaalude
quack
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quack-quack
quacker
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quackery
quackish
quacksalver
quacksalving
quacky
quad
quad bike
quad-band
quad.
quadded
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quadplay
quadplex

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUACK GRASS

beargrass
bent grass
Bermuda grass
bluegrass
brass
buffalo grass
cutting grass
get off the grass
grass
Greengrass
Kentucky bluegrass
lemon grass
meadow grass
pampas grass
rye-grass
snake in the grass
supergrass
switchgrass
tallgrass
turfgrass
wheatgrass

Synonyms and antonyms of quack grass in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «quack grass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUACK GRASS

Find out the translation of quack grass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quack grass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quack grass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

嘎嘎草
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hierba cuac
570 millions of speakers

English

quack grass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीम हकीम घास
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

العشب المشعوذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пырей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grama quack
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাক ঘাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chiendent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumput duri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Quecke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

いんちき草
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돌팔이 잔디
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Quack suket
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cỏ quack
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புதைத்தல் புல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्कश गवत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çimen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

erba ciarlatano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szarlatan trawy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пирій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iarbă vraci
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

κομπογιαννίτης γρασίδι
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

kwak gras
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

kvacksalvare gräs
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

quack gress
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quack grass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUACK GRASS»

The term «quack grass» is used very little and occupies the 152.149 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUACK GRASS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quack grass

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUACK GRASS»

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Quack Grass Eradication, Prepared Especially for Farmers ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Peter Bela Crane, 2010
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Farmers' Bulletin
This intensive cultivation is aimed at killing troublesome perennial weeds such as quack grass, Canada thistle, and sow thistle. Green Manure Rye is particularly suitable as a green-manure crop because of its rank growth and its adaptation to  ...
‎1959
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Morning Praise
Quack Grass Look after each other so that not one of you will fail to find God's best blessings. Watch out that no bitterness takes root among you, for as it springs up it causes deep trouble, hurting many in their spiritual lives. Heb. 12:15, TLB.
Ardis Dick Stenbakken, 2006
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CRC Handbook of Edible Weeds
The tough "couch" of interlocked rootlets makes quack- grass useful in stabilizing slopes, and is used to stabilize new dikes in Holland. Michigan studies suggest that quackgrass is effective at reclaiming nutrients from sewage effluent sprays.
James A. Duke, 1992
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The War on Weeds in the Prairie West: An Environmental History
Canada thistle and quack grass were "scattered all over the three provinces," with the worst infestations occurring in the more heavily watered portions of the West?” The quack-grass problem was so acute in some places that a writer for the ...
Clinton Lorne Evans, 2002
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Memorial Exercises in Honor of Charles Sumner Whiting
Appellant states that there are but two main questions requiring consideration upon this appeal: (a) "Was the defendant justified in rescinding his contract upon his discovery of the extent of the quack grass upon the Moody county farm?
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The Rotarian
Quack-Grass Killer. The coming of the now common preparations of 2-4-D has made it possible to rid lawns of dandelions, plantain, and other leafy weeds easily. Quack grass, on the other hand, seems to thrive on 2-4-D. Now comes IPC  ...
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Miscellaneous Publication
QUACK GRASS Agropiron repens (L.) Beauv. (Fig. 91.) Other common names. — Dog grass, couch grass, quitch grass, quake grass, scutch grass, twitch grass, witch grass, wheatgrass, creeping wheatgrass, devil's grass, durfa grass, durfee ...
‎1929
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American medicinal plants of commercial importance
In limit QUACK GRASS AgropyTon repens (L.) Beauv. (Fig. 91.) Otrnr common names. — Dog grass, couch grass, quitch grass m,oiTM scS grass twitch grass, witch grass, wheatgrass, creeping whStgTass ° df£ trass, durfa grass, durfee grass, ...
Arthur Frederick Sievers, 1930
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Grain Farming in the Corn Belt with Live Stock as a Side Line
of wheat-grass which is so similar to that of quack-grass that the layman is not likely to distinguish them with certainty. 0 The number of kinds of weed seeds carried by awnless brome-grass seed is comparatively small, but some of them are ...
Carl Schurz Vrooman, 1916

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUACK GRASS»

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The war on garden weeds
One of the first weeds to appear in the garden in the spring is quack grass. Also known as couch grass, it is a cool-season perennial that easily survives frigid ... «ECM Post Review, Jul 15»
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Back at the Ranch: Wheat crop comes with a whole new vocabulary
Quack grass and other grasses were quick to spring up, but it seemed a long time before I came out to find hundreds of tiny green needles, barely visible in the ... «Helena Independent Record, Jul 15»
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Fielding Questions: Maple trees sensitive to planting depth
Q. I read your comments about quack grass problems in iris plants. Can the product you mentioned, Grass-B-Gon, be used on peony plants? I have several early ... «INFORUM, May 15»
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Ready, set...spinach!
I was pulling up quack grass by the handful yesterday, it felt so good. AI: Mm-hmm, it's a very therapeutic activity to do. And it's so important to do that now, you're ... «North Country Public Radio, Apr 15»
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GROWING TOGETHER: Settle spousal disagreements over the yard …
Can power raking be done anytime in early spring as long as the grass is still brown? 2. ... Are crab grass and quack grass two names for the same thing? 7. «Duluth News Tribune, Apr 15»
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Growing Together: Settle spousal disagreements over the yard with …
Can power raking be done anytime in early spring as long as the grass is still brown? 2. ... Are crab grass and quack grass two names for the same thing? 7. «INFORUM, Apr 15»
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Vermont Garden Journal: Fall Chores
Also, pull out perennial weeds, such as dandelions, plantain, and quack grass so they don't get a head start on you next spring. Of course, you can be eating ... «Vermont Public Radio, Oct 14»
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The good and the bad sides of hay
People dislike quack grass, but it was one of the first species I noticed when I came to the ranch. Regardless of what people said, it was clearly the grass of ... «Helena Independent Record, Aug 14»
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Yard MD blog: Controlling crabgrass
Homeowners who battle crabgrass and quack grass often shoot themselves in the foot attempting to treat these common lawn weeds. Before you just dump ... «Appleton Post Crescent, May 14»
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Yard MD blog: Lawn intervention
Homeowners who battle crabgrass, quack grass and other pesky weeds often shoot themselves in the foot attempting to treat these common lawn weeds now, ... «Fond du Lac Reporter, Apr 14»

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