witch grass

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noun witch grass a panic grass, Panicum capillare, having a bushlike compound panicle, common as a weed in North America. 1
noun witch grass a common, weedy North American grass (Panicum capillare) having hairy foliage and a large, dome-shaped panicle of small spikelets 0

before 1780

One of the 45% newest English words

1780-90, Americanism; probably alteration of quitch grass

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