couch grass
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkaʊt͡ʃˌɡɹæs/
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkuːt͡ʃɡɹɑːs/
Noun[edit]
couch grass (uncountable)
- A species of grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
- Synonyms: dog grass, quackgrass, (Britain, regional) quicken, quick grass, quitch, quitch grass, scutch grass, twitch, witchgrass
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 145:
- But the trouble was pervasive and deep-rooted as couch-grass.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 82:
- The old couple who had lived there hadn't been able to do much and the garden was a wilderness of couch-grass and dandelion.
Translations[edit]
species of grass
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Further reading[edit]
- couch grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Elymus repens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Elymus repens at Grassbase