"water couch" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} water couch (uncountable)
  1. Paspalum distichum, a weedy perennial grass of wet areas. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Grasses Synonyms: knotgrass
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          "text": "Where at one time might be seen waving fields of rye-grass, cocksfoot, and clovers, are now growing the unsightly and undesirable tussocks, and the low-lying fields are covered in many cases with what is commonly called water-couch or swamp grass.",
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