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

Already clumps of couch grass are beginning to thrust up.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

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 Bernhardt, Sarah

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 Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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