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cordgrass en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English cord Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-West Germanic *gras Old English græs Middle English gras English grass English cordgrass From cord + grass.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.
   • 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. 2007 September 28, Tim Neville, “Rural Waterfront Oasis That’s Not Far From Town”, in The New York Times:
   • That grass – saltmarsh cordgrass, which can grow to be 7 feet tall – was being observed in New Smyrna Beach, Florida as part of a Fish and Wildlife Service program. 2014 October 22, Gabe LaMonica, “Senator’s ‘Wastebook’ has everything that will fit in a pork barrel”, in CNN:

Forms

Deriveds

smooth cordgrass

Translations (1)

pl spartyna (Translations)