couch grass

[ kouch gras, kooch ]

noun

1. any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.

couch grass

/ kuːtʃ; kaʊtʃ /

noun

1. a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed Sometimes shortened tocouch Also calledscutch grasstwitch grassquitch grass

Word History and Origins

Origin of couch grass¹

1570–80; couch, variant of quitch