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Meanings of couch grass in inglês

European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed.

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      Examples for "witchgrass"
      Examples for "witchgrass"
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      Further up there was witchgrass, first sparse, then green and rank .
      The gunslinger
      2
      There was no witchgrass, jimson, pikeweed, whore's hair, or poke salad.
      Night Shift
      3
      It is narrow, really just a double rut with timothy and witchgrass growing on the crown.
      Bag of Bones
      4
      Witchgrass and thistles stuck up through the breaks in the stone.
      Hidden Warrior
      1
      Dog -grass root, gathered commercially only in Europe costs $1.00 a pound, prewar price 30 cents.
      The new yorker
      1
      These trees were planted in a heavy quack grass sod and some were lost, but those surviving show good compatibility between the top and root.
      Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at th...
      1
      Dandelions and witch grass grew ankle-deep.
      Salem’s Lot
      2
      The witch grass grew wild and tall in the front yard, obscuring the old, frost-heaved flagstones that led to the porch.
      Salem’s Lot
      3
      Investigator appointed as authority on wild chive and coastal witch grass, to investigate conditions in Greece and bring back helpful information... View Article
      The new yorker
      Usage of couch grass in inglês
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      Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.
      The Harvester
      2
      A traditional thatched teahouse stands on a small rise in a rockery taken over by couch grass.
      Number9Dream
      3
      Come, come, you are not going to try and make us believe that you live on couch grass.
      Original Short Stories — Volume 08
      4
      The bottom of the dry swamps was covered with a couch grass, which, like all the other grasses, was partly withered.
      Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
      5
      We have, in the first rank, the couch grass, that execrable weed which three years of stubborn warfare have not succeeded in exterminating.
      The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
      6
      About an hour before sunset we arrived on the banks of a large creek, with a bed of couch grass, but no water.
      Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
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      These Couch Grasses and Dune Grasses, as they are often called, are coarse and hard.
      On the Seashore / Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VII