witch grass

1. 1.

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

   Synonymswitchgrassold witchgrassold witch grasstumble grassPanicum capillare

   Broaderpanic grass
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsdog grasscouch grassquackgrassquack grassquick grasswitchgrassAgropyron repens

   Broaderwheatgrass

Questions about witch grass

What does witch grass mean?

witch grass means "North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for witch grass?

Close synonyms include witchgrass, old witchgrass, old witch grass, tumble grass, Panicum capillare. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is witch grass a common word?

witch grass is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.