cordgrass

[kawrd-gras, -grahs]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cordgrass¹

cord + grass

Example Sentences

Known as cordgrass, the plant is an ecosystem engineer, providing habitats for wildlife, naturally cleaning water as it moves from inland to the sea, and holding the shoreline together so it doesn't collapse.

From Science Daily

Treading carefully on the soggy ground, I pushed through the dense cordgrass to inspect them.

From New York Times

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

From Seattle Times

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

She walked through the bulrushes and cordgrass to the very edge of the marsh’s waterline.

From Literature