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kvik (US conventions)

English translation: Quackgrass

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Danish term or phrase:kvik (US conventions)
English translation:Quackgrass
Entered by: Jens Kaestel

10:08 Oct 10, 2012
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture
Danish term or phrase: kvik (US conventions)
I am translating information for herbicides and the client has stipulated strict adherence to US conventions and terminology. The term that I need help with is 'kvik', which I understand as 'couch grass', but I am aware that this may have another, more common name in the US.

Here is the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couch_grass

Any suggestions warmly received!
Richard Green
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:23
Quackgrass
Explanation:
Please see the links - the latin name is key.

Hope this helps :-)
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Jens Kaestel
Australia
Local time: 14:23
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5 +2Quackgrass
Jens Kaestel


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Quackgrass


Explanation:
Please see the links - the latin name is key.

Hope this helps :-)

Example sentence(s):
  • Arten har tidligere hedde(t) Agropyron repens og Elymus repens
  • Scientific name: Elymus repens

    Reference: http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almindelig_Kvik
    Reference: http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/quackgrass.shtml
Jens Kaestel
Australia
Local time: 14:23
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Jens! Sadly I was never taught Latin at school, so thank you for your insight.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Ek: See also the use by the US EPA at http://tinyurl.com/9dl3gtq, pages 92 and 150. It's also the name I heard growing up in Minnesota. I've never heard "couch grass" used over here, but it's possible.
8 mins
  -> Thanks Charles
agree  Christine Andersen: Couch grass is the bane of many English gardeners... But the Latin names are a system you can learn to use with or without school Latin.
10 mins
  -> Thanks Christine
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