scutch grass

noun

1. Bermuda grass.

scutch grass

noun

1. another name for Bermuda grass couch grass Sometimes shortened toscutch

Word History and Origins

Origin of scutch grass¹

First recorded in 1675–85

Word History and Origins

Origin of scutch grass¹

variant of couch grass

Example Sentences

It was a moor at the time of the battle in 1485, overgrown with thistles and scutch-grass.

From Project Gutenberg

Nurse: If they have, there is not so much of it in you as would redden a rib of scutch-grass.

From Project Gutenberg