More fully quitch grass. Couch grass, Elymus repens. Cf. quick, n.2 1.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > grasses perceived as weeds > [noun] > couch-grass (29) quitcheOE More fully quitch grass. Couch grass, Elymus repens. Cf. quick, n.2 1. quicka1400 Usually in plural. A weed; esp. couch grass, Elymus repens. Cf. quicken, n.2, quick grass, n. 1. Now English regional (chiefly northern). quicken?c1425 Couch grass, Elymus repens; also (chiefly in plural) the underground rhizomes of this and other grasses. couch-grass1578 A species of grass (Triticum repens) with long creeping root-stocks, a common and troublesome weed in cornfields. Also applied to various other… twitch1588 Any of various creeping grasses or other low-growing plants which spread rapidly, esp. by means of shallow roots, and which often occur as… twitch grass1588 common couch grass, Elymus repens; (also) any of various other rapidly spreading grasses, such as slender foxtail grass, Alopecurus myosuroides… dog grass1597 Any of several kinds of couch grass, spec. common couch, Elymus repens, and the closely related E. caninus, reputed to be eaten by dogs to… sea dog's grass1597 a maritime variety of couch-grass. quick grass1617 Any of several weedy grasses, esp. couch grass, Elymus repens. Cf. quick, n.2 1. couch1637 = couch-grass n. at compounds 2. wheat-grass1668 (a) name for various species of the genus Triticum, esp. couch-grass, T. repens; (b) a creeping perennial grass of the genus Agropyron. scutch1686 = quitch, n.1 Chiefly in combination scutch-grass in the same sense. quickenings1762 In plural. The underground rhizomes of couch grass (Elymus repens) and other grasses. Also (in full quickening grass): couch grass itself. Cf. quicken… quicken grass1771 spear-grass1784 One or other of various British grasses, esp. couch-grass (Triticum repens, Agrostis, etc.). squitch1785 Couch-grass, Triticum repens; = couch, n.2 witchgrass1790 (a) couch grass, Elymus repens; (b) a North American bunch grass, Panicum capillare, frequently regarded as a weed. felt1794 A thickly matted mass of hair or other fibrous substance; hence, a provincial name for the creeping wheat-grass or couch-grass (Triticum repens). dog-wheat1796 a type of couch grass, Elymus caninus; cf. dog grass, n. 1. creeping wheat1819 In the names of many plants with aerial creeping stems, as creeping ivy (the procumbent form of Hedera Helix), creeping Jack, a local name of Sedum… quack1822 In full quackgrass. Couch grass, Elymus repens. Cf. quick, n.2 switch-grass1840 the couch-grass or squitch, Triticum repens. couch-wheat1884 = couch-grass n.. Subcategories:— stems of (5) — plant similar to (1) |
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