beach grass

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noun

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

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Origin of beach grass

An Americanism dating back to 1675–85

Words nearby beach grass

beacher, beach face, beach flea, beachfront, beach goldenrod, beach grass, beachhead, Beach-la-Mar, beachmaster, beach pea, beach plum

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