"couch grass" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkaʊt͡ʃˌɡɹæs/ [General-American], /ˈkuːt͡ʃɡɹɑːs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-couch grass.wav
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  1. A species of grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Hordeeae tribe grasses Derived forms: sea couch grass Translations (species of grass): gram [masculine] (Albanian), krisje [feminine] (Albanian), نْجم (njəm) [Moroccan-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), grama [feminine] (Asturian), sürünən ayrıqotu (Azerbaijani), askiluze (Basque), пы́рнік (pýrnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), treuzgeot (Breton), пълзящ пирей (pǎlzjašt pirej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), agram [masculine] (Catalan), فریزوو (frîzû) (Central Kurdish), pýr [masculine] (Czech), kvikgræs [neuter] (Danish), senegræs [neuter] (Danish), kvik [common-gender] (Danish), kweek [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kviko (Esperanto), víðgongdur kveiki [masculine] (Faroese), juolavehnä (Finnish), chiendent [masculine] (French), grama [feminine] (Galician), rengo [masculine] (Galician), Quecke [feminine] (German), Kriech-Quecke [feminine] (German), αγριάδα (agriáda) [feminine] (Greek), tarackbúza (Hungarian), húsapuntur [masculine] (Icelandic), orasheinä (Ingrian), orasrooho (Ingrian), broimfhéar [masculine] (Irish), gramigna [feminine] (Italian), シバムギ (shibamugi) (Japanese), әәрү (äärü) (Kalmyk), prôwdzëwô òszoc (Kashubian), 구주개밀 (gujugaemil) (Korean), agrōstis [feminine] (Latin), ložņu vārpata [masculine] (Latvian), paprastasis varputis [masculine] (Lithuanian), pyrje [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), пиреј (pirej) [masculine] (Macedonian), herewhenua (Maori), хиаг (xiag) (Mongolian), falasca (Neapolitan), kweg (North Frisian), firiz (Northern Kurdish), kveke (Norwegian Bokmål), agram [masculine] (Occitan), бырӕг (byræg) (Ossetian), perz [masculine] (Polish), ch'iki qachu (Quechua), trebla [feminine] (Romansch), пыре́й (pyréj) [masculine] (Russian), couch gress (Scots), pýr [masculine] (Slovak), plazeča pirnica [feminine] (Slovene), grama [feminine] (Spanish), kvickrot (Swedish), ayrık otu (Turkish), ожмонтурын (ožmonturyn) (Udmurt), пирі́й (pyríj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), gramegna [feminine] (Venetan), (syn.: Triticum repens) kripatritig (Volapük), påne [feminine] (Walloon), dint-d'-tchén [masculine] (Walloon), marchwellt [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "word": "dog grass"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "species of grass",
          "word": "ayrık otu"
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          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "ožmonturyn",
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          "sense": "species of grass",
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      "word": "gram"
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      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "sürünən ayrıqotu"
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      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "askiluze"
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pýrnik",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пы́рнік"
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      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "treuzgeot"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎlzjašt pirej",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пълзящ пирей"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "agram"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pýr"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kvikgræs"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "species of grass",
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      "sense": "species of grass",
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      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "kviko"
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      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "víðgongdur kveiki"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "juolavehnä"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "chiendent"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "grama"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rengo"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Quecke"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Kriech-Quecke"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "αγριάδα"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "tarackbúza"
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "húsapuntur"
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      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "orasheinä"
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      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "orasrooho"
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      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "broimfhéar"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "gramigna"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shibamugi",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "シバムギ"
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      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "әәрү"
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      "code": "csb",
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "prôwdzëwô òszoc"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gujugaemil",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "구주개밀"
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      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "frîzû",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "فریزوو"
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "firiz"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "agrōstis"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ložņu vārpata"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "paprastasis varputis"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "пиреј"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "herewhenua"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xiag",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "хиаг"
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    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "falasca"
    },
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      "code": "frr",
      "lang": "North Frisian",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "kweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "kveke"
    },
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "agram"
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      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "byræg",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "бырӕг"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perz"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "ch'iki qachu"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trebla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pyréj",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пыре́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "couch gress"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pýr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "plazeča pirnica"
    },
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      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "pyrje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "grama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "kvickrot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "ayrık otu"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "ožmonturyn",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "ожмонтурын"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pyríj",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пирі́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gramegna"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "word": "(syn.: Triticum repens) kripatritig"
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    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "påne"
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    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dint-d'-tchén"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "species of grass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "marchwellt"
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  "word": "couch grass"
}

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  "msg": "suspicious translation with ': ': {'lang': 'Volapük', 'code': 'vo', 'sense': 'species of grass', 'word': '(syn.: Triticum repens) kripatritig'}",
  "path": [
    "couch grass"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "couch grass",
  "trace": ""
}

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