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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How to use couch grass in a sentence

I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.
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In short, we found ways to couch messages of failure or inadequacy.
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The one caveat: Asprey advises only buying butter made from grass-fed or pastured cows.
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With the first set I did, the colors of the couch determined that the rest of it would be blue and yellow and white.
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A worn couch sitting squarely before a wood veneer wall, accented by the head of a deer.
#Setinthestreet: Your Street Corner Is Their Art Project|James Joiner|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
She threw out her arms as if swimming when she walked, beating the tall grass as one strikes out in the water.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The weed growing over every water, and at the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all grass.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Hys ignored the acid tone of her answer and sat down on the couch next to them.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
Everywhere cattle were being sold for a trifle, as there was no grass upon which they could feed.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux

British Dictionary definitions for couch grass

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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