quitch grass (kw ch)n. Couch grass. [Middle English quich, from Old English cwice; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.] |
quitch grass [kwɪtʃ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for couch grass Sometimes shortened to quitch
[Old English cwice; perhaps related to cwicu living, quick (with the implication that the grass cannot be killed); compare Dutch kweek, Norwegian kvike, German Queckengras]
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