couch grass
[ kouch-gras, kooch ]
/ ˈkaʊtʃ ˌgræs, kutʃ /
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noun
any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
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Also called quitch, quitch grass .
Origin of couch grass
1570–80; couch, variant of quitch
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couch grass
/ (kaʊtʃ, kuːtʃ) /
noun
a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weedSometimes shortened to: couch Also called: scutch grass, twitch grass, quitch grass
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