Old Witchgrass (Noun)
Meaning
North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The old witchgrass was difficult to eradicate from the garden and required multiple rounds of targeted herbicides.
- Old witchgrass is often treated as a weed and removed by farmers in order to improve crop yields.
- After the old witchgrass in the field was burned off, new grass and flowers began to grow.
- Farmers in North America commonly struggle with controlling the spread of old witchgrass in their cultivated lands.
- Researchers studied old witchgrass as a potential biofuel source, but its usefulness remains unproven at this time.