beach grass


noun
  1. any of several erect, strongly rooted grasses, especially of the genus Ammophila, common on exposed sandy shores and dunes.

Origin of beach grass

1
An Americanism dating back to 1675–85

Words Nearby beach grass

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How to use beach grass in a sentence

  • The highest and sandiest portion next the Atlantic was thinly covered with Beach-grass and Indigo-weed.

    Cape Cod | Henry D. Thoreau
  • The Beach-grass is "two to four feet high, of a seagreen color," and it is said to be widely diffused over the world.

    Cape Cod | Henry D. Thoreau
  • The vegetation about it is limited exclusively to "beach grass" and an occasional wild-plum bush.

    Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • So did the old house and big barn and all the tumbledown buildin's stuck there in the beach-grass and sand.

    The Depot Master | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Instantly I dropped out of sight into the dead beach grass to watch and listen.

    Ways of Wood Folk | William J. Long