couch grass

American  

[kauch gras, kooch] / ˈkaʊtʃ ˌgræs, kutʃ /

noun

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

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couch grass British  

/ kaʊtʃ-, kuːtʃ- /

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: couch. Also called: scutch grass, twitch grass, quitch grass. a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed

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Etymology

Origin of couch grass

1570–80; couch, variant of quitch

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Example Sentences

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couch grass

They pull out couch grass and dandelions, plant green onions and a row of lettuce.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Already clumps of couch grass are beginning to thrust up.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

The bees in the purple flowers beneath the window boomed a mellow bass, and the grasshoppers made love by millions in the couch grass, chirring in a thousand fleeting raptures.

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

He had red hair, planted in his head like couch grass, and on his nose he wore a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles.

From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various

It was very foul, being full of couch grass and weeds of all kinds.

From Essays in Natural History and Agriculture by Thomas Garnett

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