cordgrass

English

An expanse of the cordgrass Spartina anglica

Etymology

From cord +‎ grass.

Noun

cordgrass (countable and uncountable, plural cordgrasses)

1. Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.
   • 2007 September 28, Tim Neville, “Rural Waterfront Oasis That’s Not Far From Town”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• smooth cordgrass