Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Couch grass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Bot.) A perennial grass (
Agropyrum repens ) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also calledcouch grass ,quack grass ,quick grass ,twitch grass . SeeIllustration in Appendix.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English quich, from Old English cwice; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]
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rolig commented on the word quitch grass
also known as couch grass
July 25, 2008