genus Spartina
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Noun | 1. | genus Spartina - grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane cord grass, cordgrass - any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders |
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