couch grass

American  

[kouch 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  

/ kuːtʃ, kaʊtʃ /

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

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

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

From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Sarah Bernhardt

Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.

From The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter

The grass is mostly couch grass and weeds.

From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J.W. Robertson Scott