witch grass

witch grass

n.

1. An annual North American grass (Panicum capillare) having branching, purplish panicles.

2. See couch grass.

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[Probably alteration of quitch grass.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	witch grass - North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land old witch grass, old witchgrass, Panicum capillare, tumble grass, witchgrass panic grass - any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder
	2.	witch grass - European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed Agropyron repens, couch grass, dog grass, quack grass, quackgrass, quick grass, witchgrass wheat-grass, wheatgrass - a grass of the genus Agropyron