a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed
Sometimes shortened to: couch. Also called: scutch grass, twitch grass, quitch grass
wheatgrass in American English
(ˈhwitˌɡræs, -ˌɡrɑːs, ˈwit-)
noun
any of several wheatlike grasses of the genus Agropyron, grown for forage in the western U.S
Word origin
[1810–20; wheat + grass]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dominance, dynamic, realism, voodoo, zombie
Examples of 'wheatgrass' in a sentence
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Remember superfoods, wheatgrass juice and goji berries?
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Not unlike the first time someone declared that wheatgrass juice was the future.
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There'll be peculiar juices, whether cranberry, carrot or wheatgrass.
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Now, it's bircher muesli, two boiled eggs and a wheatgrass smoothie.
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Before we get to these horrible, horrible shoes, let's talk wheatgrass juice: remember that?
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Seven or eight years ago wheatgrass juice was the must-have health drink.
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The wheatgrass powder is packed with chlorophyll, nutrients, vitamins, minerals and essential amino acids.
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Eat nothing enjoyable, shovel down organic goji-berries and wheatgrass smoothies and hey presto!
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She takes a swig from her wheatgrass drink.
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Salad in a box for the skin with extract of broccoli, spinach and wheatgrass.