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cord grass

DEFINITIONS OF: cord grass

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n any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders

Synonyms:
cordgrass
Types:
Spartina cynosuroides, salt reed grass
tall reedlike grass common in salt meadows
Spartina pectinmata, freshwater cordgrass, prairie cordgrass, slough grass
North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns
Type of:
grass
narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
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