couch grass

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couch grass

  • /ˈkaʊt͡ʃˌɡɹæs/ US
  • /ˈkuːt͡ʃɡɹɑːs/ UK

noun couch · couch-grass · couchgrass

  1. uncountable A grass of species Elymus repens, usually considered a weed. The roots of plants, disengaged from the soil in the process of tilling and cleaning it, are also employed as a vegetable manure. Some of these, however, as the couch grass, being very vivacious, would readily spring again: and therefore it is necessary that their vegetative powers be destroyed, whi

    Similar: dog grass, quackgrass, quicken, quick grass, quitch, quitch grass, scutch grass, twitch, witchgrass

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noun species of grass

Españolgrama
한국어구주개밀 gujugaemil
日本語シバムギ shibamugi
Françaischiendent
DeutschQuecke, Kriech-Quecke
Italianogramigna
Ελληνικάαγριάδα agriáda
Русскийпыре́й pyréj

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@misc{couch_grass_2026,
  title = {couch grass},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/couch%20grass},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}