| 单词 | couch-grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmascouch-grass couch-grass n. A species of grass ( Triticum repens) with long creeping root-stocks, a common and troublesome weed in cornfields. Also applied to various other creeping grasses. T. repens is sometimes distinguished as white couch; the name black couch being given to Alopecurus agrestis or Agrostis stolonifera. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > grasses perceived as weeds > [noun] > couch-grass quitcheOE quicka1400 quicken?c1425 couch-grass1578 twitch1588 twitch grass1588 dog grass1597 sea dog's grass1597 quick grass1617 couch1637 wheat-grass1668 scutch1686 quickenings1762 quicken grass1771 spear-grass1784 squitch1785 witchgrass1790 felt1794 dog-wheat1796 creeping wheat1819 quack1822 switch-grass1840 couch-wheat1884 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xliv. 503 Couche grasse..is a noughty and hurtful weede to corne. 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. Hv Wheat, Whose spykes the weed and cooch-grasse shall out-grow. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) I. 7 The whole place is overrun with couch-grass. < as lemmas |
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