couch grass

[ kouch-gras, kooch ]

/ ˈkaʊtʃ ˌgræs, kutʃ /

noun

any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.

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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Example sentences from the Web for couch grass

One of them ate soup and bread, and throve like couch-grass.
Six Women and the Invasion|Gabrielle Yerta
A fluid extract is prepared from Couch-Grass, which is used in affections of the kidney and bladder.
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants|A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
A decoction of pearl-barley and couch-grass, flavoured with liquorice root.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
Tares, turnip-fly, charlock, couch-grass and their like—these were his enemies which he hated.
The Land's End|W. H. Hudson

The raffia hammock, almost the equivalent of the natural network of the couch-grass, scarcely disturbs the burying-process.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles|Jean Henri Fabre

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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单词	couch grass
释义	couch grass [ kouch-gras, kooch ] / ˈkaʊtʃ ˌgræs, kutʃ / noun any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly. 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 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for couch grass One of them ate soup and bread, and throve like couch-grass. Six Women and the Invasion\|Gabrielle Yerta A fluid extract is prepared from Couch-Grass, which is used in affections of the kidney and bladder. Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants\|A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding A decoction of pearl-barley and couch-grass, flavoured with liquorice root. Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II\|Arnold Cooley Tares, turnip-fly, charlock, couch-grass and their like—these were his enemies which he hated. The Land's End\|W. H. Hudson The raffia hammock, almost the equivalent of the natural network of the couch-grass, scarcely disturbs the burying-process. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles\|Jean Henri Fabre 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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