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couch grass

couch grass [ kówch gràss, kch gràss ] or couch [ kówch gràss, kch gràss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
rapidly spreading coarse grass: a grass with rapidly spreading underground roots that is a troublesome weed in gardens. Latin name Agropyron repens.

[Late 16th century. Variant of quitch grass]
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