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cordgrass

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[kawrd-gras, -grahs] / ˈkɔrdˌgræs, -ˈgrɑs /

noun

  1. any of several grasses of the genus Spartina, of coastal regions.


Etymology

Origin of cordgrass

cord + grass


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The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation had funded the group to study the symbiosis between the cordgrass and the sulfur-cycling microbes for the summer of 2020, but the pandemic shut down field work.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023

But the object of interest — to some art historians and aficionados — sits just outside the park, where the spartina cordgrass takes over.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2023

Some of the circular nests of smooth cordgrass are built atop mangrove stands, others on grassy hillocks.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

More than half of the main island is salt marsh, and the knee-high cordgrass and black needlerush seemingly stretched to the Earth’s curve.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022

Riding her into the Meadowlands with Daddy on a clear Saturday morning, letting her graze the salt hay and cordgrass.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

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