witchgrass n 1: North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land [syn: {witch grass}, {old witchgrass}, {old witch grass}, {tumble grass}, {Panicum capillare}] 2: European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed [syn: {dog grass}, {couch grass}, {quackgrass}, {quack grass}, {quick grass}, {witch grass}, {Agropyron repens}]