Category:Quitch grass

Quitch" grass`. Etym: [properly quick grass, being probably so called From its vigorous growth, or from its tenacity of life. See quick, And cf. Couch grass.] (bot.)

Defn: a perennial grass (agropyrum repens) having long running Rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so Becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, Quick grass, twitch grass. See illustration in appendix.