Crossword clues for witchgrass
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of several grasses, of the genus ''Panicum'', often found as a weed. 2 A European grass that spreads rapidly; couch grass, ''Elymus repens''.
WordNet
n. North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land [syn: witch grass, old witchgrass, old witch grass, tumble grass, Panicum capillare]
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, Agropyron repens]
Wikipedia
Witchgrass may refer to:
- Elymus repens, a species of grass native to most of Europe, Asia, the Arctic biome, and northwest Africa
- Panicum capillare, a native plant of most of North America
Usage examples of "witchgrass".
He started across the field, feeling the witchgrass slapping at his hands as he ran.
He opened his eyes to morning and the smell of witchgrass in his bedroom.
He had added little bunches of witchgrass and crabgrass, surrounding clusters of tiny buttercups.
Nettles and witchgrass tangled the footpaths, scratching at his ankles as he passed.
They crossed a railroad track that had been abandoned long agothe rails were rusty and witchgrass was growing in the cinders between the ties.
He was very tall, with hair the golden color of blanched witchgrass in late summer that fell down to below his waist in length.
When it had, it had spread like wildfire in dried witchgrass, as grim tidings so often do in quiet hamlets and close-knit communities.
Deog had closed his blacksmith shop in the bustling seaside township of Lyhndale for the day and Qynh remembered him laying on his side on the quilt, smiling at her, a long, green whip of witchgrass tucked between his teeth.
A blanket of small golden flowers, thousands of them nodding in an evening breeze, spread out in a broad circumference, standing in stark contrast to the blanched witchgrass around them.
There was no witchgrass, jimson, pikeweed, whore's hair, or poke salad.