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Definition of Couch grass
1. Noun. European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed.
Generic synonyms: Wheat-grass, Wheatgrass
Definition of Couch grass
1. Noun. A species of grass, ''Elymus repens'', usually considered a weed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Couch Grass
Literary usage of Couch grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1879)
"64), tbe Scotch Kose, the Couch-grass or Quick-grass, and many other plants,
spread so rapidly and widely, " by the root," as it is said. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Couch, or Couch-grass. A name given to several creeping grasses, but most usually
to Triticum repens, L.—Ger. Hal. Wr. Bucks.; Olou.; Kent, EDS Gloss. ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"COUCY, RBN-AUB, CASTELLAN OF, couch grass, a court-poet belonging to the north
of France, who flourished probably in the latter part of the 12th century. ..."
4. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1869)
"As couch grass is such a gross feeder, and grows so quickly,, it is almost impossible
... couch grass Rahe. destroy their vitality. Dimensions of the Rahe. ..."
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