scutch grass

noun

Bermuda grass.

Origin of scutch grass

First recorded in 1675–85

Words nearby scutch grass

scuta, scutage, scutari, scutate, scutch, scutch grass, scutcheon, scute, scutellate, scutellation, scutellum

Example sentences from the Web for scutch grass

  • Nurse: If they have, there is not so much of it in you as would redden a rib of scutch-grass.

    Three Wonder Plays |Lady I. A. Gregory

  • It was a moor at the time of the battle in 1485, overgrown with thistles and scutch-grass.

    England, Picturesque and Descriptive |Joel Cook

British Dictionary definitions for scutch grass

scutch grass

noun

another name for Bermuda grass, couch grass Sometimes shortened to: scutch

Word Origin for scutch grass

variant of couch grass