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    WITCHGRASS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weedplay

    Synonyms:

    Agropyron repens; couch grass; dog grass; quack grass; quackgrass; quick grass; witch grass; witchgrass

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("witchgrass" is a kind of...):

    wheat-grass; wheatgrass (a grass of the genus Agropyron)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated landplay

    Synonyms:

    old witch grass; old witchgrass; Panicum capillare; tumble grass; witch grass; witchgrass

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("witchgrass" is a kind of...):

    panic grass (any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder)

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