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Webster 1913 Edition
Quitch grass
Quitch′ grassˊ
(kwĭch′ grȧsˊ)
. [Properly
quick grass
, being probably so called from its vigorous growth, or from its tenacity of life. See Quick
, and cf. Couch grass
.] (Bot.)
A perennial grass (
Agropyrum repens
) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass
, quack grass
, quick grass
, twitch grass
. See Illustration in Appendix.