cord grass

cord grass

n.

Any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina, several of which form colonies in salt marshes and are important as coastal soil binders.

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cord grass

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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 - any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders cordgrass 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