cordgrass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cordgrass
Example Sentences
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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 ● May 15, 2024
Treading carefully on the soggy ground, I pushed through the dense cordgrass to inspect them.
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
I pulled his shoe out of the mud for him and tried to clean it off on the cordgrass.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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