couch grass

• couch, couch-grass, couchgrass

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊt͡ʃˌɡɹæs/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːt͡ʃɡɹɑːs/

couch grass (uncountable)

1. 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.

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• Elymus repens at Grassbase