couch grass

n. A Eurasian grass (Elymus repens syn. Agropyron repens) that has whitish-yellow root stocks and is a weed of North American cereal crops. Also called quack grass, witchgrass.

[Alteration of quitch grass.]

couch grass

(kaʊtʃ; kuːtʃ) n (Plants) a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed. Sometimes shortened to: couch Also called: scutch grass, twitch grass or quitch grass

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(kaʊtʃ, kutʃ)
n. any of various grasses that have rapidly spreading underground stems and are troublesome weeds. Also called quitch. [1570–80; couch, variant of quitch]

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Noun

couch grass - European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weedAgropyron repens, dog grass, quack grass, quackgrass, quick grass, witch grass, witchgrasswheatgrass, wheat-grass - a grass of the genus Agropyron

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Old World perennial grass (Agropyron repens), now widely distributed and in the United States a troublesome weed. It somewhat resembles a beardless wheat and has creeping, yellowish rootstalks, the joints of which, even though
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couch grass

a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed

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noun European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes

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