couch grass

[ kouch gras, kooch ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

couch grass

/ kuːtʃ; kaʊtʃ /

a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed Sometimes shortened tocouch Also calledscutch grasstwitch grassquitch grass

1570–80; couch, variant of quitch

From the decoction of the fresh root of couch grass, evaporated to the consistence of new honey.

But I now think that all these suggested plants must give way in favour of the common Couch-grass (Triticum repens).

On her own dunghill her own usages had a tenacity of life such as is seen in certain weeds (couch-grass, for instance).

He had red hair planted in his head like couch grass, and on his nose he wore a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles.

The bottom of the dry swamps was covered with a couch grass, which, like all the other grasses, was partly withered.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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