lyme grass

British  

/ laɪm /

noun

1. a N temperate perennial dune grass, Elymus arenarius, with a creeping stem and rough bluish leaves

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Etymology

Origin of lyme grass

C18: probably a respelling (influenced by its genus name, Elymus ) of _lime ¹ , referring to its stabilizing effect (like lime in mortar)

Example Sentences

It is situated among the dunes, with nothing but lyme grass around it, and here and there a few immortelles, and one always hears the sea.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various

All along the sides of the road stood thick clumps of lyme grass, and around them immortelles and a few blood-red pinks.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various

There was lyme grass all around, and the bright yellow of the immortelles stood out sharply against the yellow sand they were growing in, despite the kinship of colors.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various