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noun
Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cord grass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grass
Narrower terms: salt reed grass, Spartina cynosuroides, prairie cordgrass, freshwater cordgrass, slough grass, Spartina pectinmata
History
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.
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