beach grass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of beach grass
An Americanism dating back to 1675–85
Example Sentences
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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
Below it, Whiffen Spit, knitted with beach grass, juts out between the calm Sooke Basin and the wide open Strait of Juan de Fuca.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2017
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
The slate gray sea roiled, scraping the narrow strip of sand rhythmically, tugging at beach grass, digging and sucking loose the rocks at the shore's edge.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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