Cordgrass

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina. countable, uncountable

    "Minutes away from downtown Cambridge, the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, a 27,000-acre expanse of sibilant cordgrass and murky channels, has one of the largest concentrations of nesting bald eagles along the Atlantic coast."

  2. 2
    any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders wordnet

Synonyms

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cord grass

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"Minutes away from downtown Cambridge, the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, a 27,000-acre expanse of sibilant cordgrass and murky channels, has one of the largest concentrations of nesting bald eagles along the Atlantic coast."

Etymology

From cord + grass.

Related phrases

smooth cordgrass

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