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

Words nearby couch grass

couch, couchant, couché, coucher, couchette, couch grass, couching, couch potato, couch roll, couch-surf, cou-cou

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How to use couch grass in a sentence

From the decoction of the fresh root of couch grass, evaporated to the consistence of new honey.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
But I now think that all these suggested plants must give way in favour of the common Couch-grass (Triticum repens).
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare|Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
On her own dunghill her own usages had a tenacity of life such as is seen in certain weeds (couch-grass, for instance).
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols)|Thomas De Quincey
He had red hair planted in his head like couch grass, and on his nose he wore a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles.
My Double Life|Sarah Bernhardt

The bottom of the dry swamps was covered with a couch grass, which, like all the other grasses, was partly withered.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia|Ludwig Leichhardt

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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