quick-grass
(ˈkwɪgraːs, -æ-)
[f. quick n.2 + grass n.1 Cf. Da. qvik-, qvækgræs.]
1. = quick n.2
| 1617 Minsheu Ductor, Quickgrasse,..Gramen caninum. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 52 There are several other Roots sold in the Shops..as the Dog grass, or Quick grass. 1765 Museum Rusticum IV. xxi. 94 It takes fresh root at its joints, like quick-grass. 1770–4 A. Hunter Georg. Ess. (1804) II. 213 Turned over when the least particle of quick-grass appears. 1878 Golden Hours X. 200/2 She tripped lightly past a knot of Quick Grasses. |
2. S. Afr. = kweek.
| 1931 E. P. Phillips Introd. Study S. Afr. Grasses vi. 79 Quick grass. Cynodon Dactylon; C. incompletus; Stenotaphrum secundatum. 1972 Stand. Encycl. S. Afr. V. 320/2 The quick-grasses (Cynodon spp.)..are amongst those grasses that are commonly planted as lawns. |