cordgrass

cord·grass

 (kôrd′grăs′)

n.

Any of several perennial coastal grasses of the genus Spartina, some of which form colonies in salt marshes.

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cordgrass

(ˈkɔːdˌɡrɑːs)

n

(Plants) a coarse perennial grass of the genus Spartina, characteristically growing in mud or marsh. Also called: rice grass

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cord•grass

(ˈkɔrdˌgræs, -ˈgrɑs)

n.

any of several grasses of the genus Spartina, of coastal wetlands.

[1860–65]

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cordgrass - any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders cord grass grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay genus Spartina, Spartina - grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands salt reed grass, Spartina cynosuroides - tall reedlike grass common in salt meadows freshwater cordgrass, prairie cordgrass, slough grass, Spartina pectinmata - North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns

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