quack grass n 1: European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed [syn: {dog grass}, {couch grass}, {quackgrass}, {quack grass}, {quick grass}, {witch grass}, {witchgrass}, {Agropyron repens}]
Quitch grass \Quitch" grass`\ (kw[i^]ch" gr[.a]s`). [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. [1913 Webster]
Quack grass \Quack" grass`\ (Bot.) See {Quitch grass}. [1913 Webster]