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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.
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.
Use cord grass when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cord grass means Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina..
Common synonyms include cord grass.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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