beach grass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of beach grass
An Americanism dating back to 1675–85
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On nicer days, pedal the eight-plus-mile Discovery Trail past beach grass, dunes and Sitka spruces.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
The gulls made makeshift nests from withered beach grass.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2021
They set up their summer camps within dunes blanketed with beach grass and sand pea, amid thickets of bayberry, oak and red cedar.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
Unflappable to the end, Ananya seized the opportunity when her steely opponent, Rohan Rajeev, flubbed a simple-looking but obscure Scandinavian-derived word, “marram,” which means a beach grass.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 1, 2017
We slipped off our sandals where the road met the sand and carried them up a dune, weaving through patches of beach grass and the green-and-rust-colored ice plants.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
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