OE cwice < base of cwicu, alive (see quick): prob. after the great vitality of the plant
Examples of 'quitch' in a sentence
quitch
It also has common names such as couch grass, quitch grass, scutch grass, or scutch and twitch, or twitch grass.
Globe and Mail (2003)
All related terms of 'quitch'
quitch grass
a grass , Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed
couch grass
a grass , Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed
scutch grass
a widely distributed grass, Cynodon dactylon , with wiry creeping rootstocks and several purplish spikes of flowers arising from a single point: used for lawns , pasturage , binding sand dunes , etc
twitch grass
a grass , Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed
wheatgrass
a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed