quitch
Elymus repens, couch grassElymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed)
/kwɪt͡ʃ/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed)
Origin
From Middle English quich, a palatalized variant of quike, quyke, from Old English cwice,From Middle English quich, a palatalized variant of quike, quyke, from Old English cwice, from Proto-West Germanic *kwikwā, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwǭ. Cognate with Dutch kweek, German Low German Queek, German Quecke.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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