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Definition of Agropyron repens
1. Noun. European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed.
Generic synonyms: Wheat-grass, Wheatgrass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agropyron Repens
Literary usage of Agropyron repens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"5. A. caninum. Spikes long and slender; empty scales narrow, 3-5-nerved. 4. A.
tenerum. 1. Agropyron repens (L.) ..."
2. Report (1913)
"Agropyron repens (Lin.) Beauv. Quack Grass. Marl bed. Rare. 55. ... Agropyron repens
and its varieties are very troublesome weeds if allowed to gain a ..."
3. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"... spores of Puccinia graminis on green leaves of Agropyron repens (quack grass)
frozen in solid ice. 85-90 per cent, of these germinated on first trial. ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Couch-G., Agropyron repens. Crab-G., Eleusine and Digitaria sanguinalis.
Crested Dog's-tail G., Cynosurus cristatus. Deer-G., Rhexia virginica. ..."
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