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quackgrass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quack-grass
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Couch grass (a species of grass, Elymus repens).

Canadian usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Alteration of quickgrass, a variant of quitchgrass.

Usage

Inflected Forms

quackgrasses (plural) quack grass (alternative) quack-grass (alternative)

Synonyms

dog grass couch grass quack grass quick grass witch grass witchgrass agropyron repens

Questions

What does quackgrass mean?
Couch grass (a species of grass, Elymus repens).
Where does quackgrass come from?
Alteration of quickgrass, a variant of quitchgrass.

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