Cordgrass
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cordgrass is a noun meaning Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.
Meaning
Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- cordgrasses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include saltmarsh, spartina, eelgrass, hairgrass, bristlegrass, bentgrass.
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