couch grass

[ kouch, kooch ]
/ ˈkaʊtʃ ˌgræs, kutʃ /

noun

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

Origin of couch grass

1570–80; couch, variant of quitch

Words nearby couch grass

British Dictionary definitions for couch grass

couch grass
/ (kaʊtʃ, kuːtʃ) /

noun

a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed Sometimes shortened to: couch Also called: scutch grass, twitch grass, quitch grass