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单词 twitch grass
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Definition of twitch grass in English:

twitch grass

nountwɪtʃ
mass noun
  • Couch grass.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If your garden is not very big, practically the only way to eradicate twitch grass is to cover the whole area with a light-excluding cover, be it black plastic, thick layers of newspapers or old carpeting.
    • The buckwheat would rid the field of twitch grass for a few years.
    • Couch, scutch or twitch grass looks like just a tuft of any grass, but underneath the ground the roots spread quickly to colonise borders.
    • Often referred to as couch or twitch grass, quackgrass has a very broad blade and is difficult to control without killing the rest of the lawn.
    • Grasses include pasture, and a wide assortment of grass hays including: Bermuda grass, timothy, orchard grass, brome grass, orchard grass, fescue, prairie grass and twitch grass just to name a few of the many grasses that make excellent horse hays.

Origin

Late 16th century: twitch, alteration of quitch.

 
 

Definition of twitch grass in US English:

twitch grass

noun
  • another term for couch
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Grasses include pasture, and a wide assortment of grass hays including: Bermuda grass, timothy, orchard grass, brome grass, orchard grass, fescue, prairie grass and twitch grass just to name a few of the many grasses that make excellent horse hays.
    • Often referred to as couch or twitch grass, quackgrass has a very broad blade and is difficult to control without killing the rest of the lawn.
    • If your garden is not very big, practically the only way to eradicate twitch grass is to cover the whole area with a light-excluding cover, be it black plastic, thick layers of newspapers or old carpeting.
    • Couch, scutch or twitch grass looks like just a tuft of any grass, but underneath the ground the roots spread quickly to colonise borders.
    • The buckwheat would rid the field of twitch grass for a few years.

Origin

Late 16th century: twitch, alteration of quitch.

 
 
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