scutch grass

noun

1. Bermuda grass.

scutch grass

noun

1. See couch grass, Bermuda grass
   another name for Bermuda grass couch grass Sometimes shortened toscutch

Word History and Origins

Origin of scutch grass¹

First recorded in 1675–85

Word History and Origins

Origin of scutch grass¹

variant of couch grass

Example Sentences

It was a moor at the time of the battle in 1485, overgrown with thistles and scutch-grass.

From Project Gutenberg

Nurse: If they have, there is not so much of it in you as would redden a rib of scutch-grass.

From Project Gutenberg