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beach grass

American  

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of beach grass

An Americanism dating back to 1675–85

Example Sentences

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The collaborative argues that the complex ecosystem in the dunes requires free-blowing sands to function, and that wildlife is threatened by the effects of invasive beach grass.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2021

The gulls made makeshift nests from withered beach grass.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021

He hired teenagers to plant the new dunes with beach grass.

From Washington Times • Jul. 21, 2018

And they said that beachgoers might inadvertently trample the dunes, planted with beach grass, that the city had established behind the beach as a buffer after Hurricane Sandy devastated the area.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2018

In good faith, Dad moved the dining room table, the chairs and his pew out onto the beach grass at the side of our cottage, where the newsreel man said the light would be best.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey