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dog-grass, dog's-grass
1. A name for Couch-grass, Triticum repens, and for the allied T. caninum, reputed to be eaten by dogs to produce vomiting. (Cf. Holland, Pliny.)
1597Gerarde Herbal i. xvii. §i. 21 The common..Dogs grasse or Couch grasse. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 52 The Dog grass or Quick grass. 1816F. Vanderstraeten Impr. Agric. p. xv, Quitch or dog-grass.
2. A local name for Dog's-tail grass, Cynosurus.
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Dog's-grass, the common cynosurus cristatus. 1878Britten & Holland Plant-n., Dog's Grass, Cynosurus cristatus..Hants.; Norf.; Suss. |