marram grass

[ mar-uhm ]

/ ˈmær əm /

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noun

a grass, Ammophila arenaria, having matted, creeping rhizomes, grown on sandy shores of Europe, North America, and Australia to bind the sand.

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Also called marram.

Origin of marram grass

First recorded in 1630–40; originally dialect (East Anglian); from Old Norse marálmr, equivalent to marr “sea” + hálmr “grass”; see mere², haulm

Words nearby marram grass

marquise, marquisette, Marquis of Queensberry rules, Marrakech, Marrakesh, marram grass, Marranism, Marrano, marred, marri, marriage

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How to use marram grass in a sentence

The one caveat: Asprey advises only buying butter made from grass-fed or pastured cows.
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A tugboat improbably sits high on the bank, obscured by tall grass, a broken oil rig hangs over the water nearby.
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Thus far, the most talked-about Green Friday hotspot is Denver dispensary the Grass Station.
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I really turned on in particular to James Joyce, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Günter Grass.
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As they passed the runway, bullets shot up from the tall grass, puncturing a fuel tank.
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The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.
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She threw out her arms as if swimming when she walked, beating the tall grass as one strikes out in the water.
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The weed growing over every water, and at the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all grass.
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Everywhere cattle were being sold for a trifle, as there was no grass upon which they could feed.
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We squatted in the long grass and buck-brush, listening, and a few seconds later heard a horse snort distinctly.
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British Dictionary definitions for marram grass

marram grass

/ (ˈmærəm) /

noun

any of several grasses of the genus Ammophila, esp A. arenaria, that grow on sandy shores and can withstand drying: often planted to stabilize sand dunes

Word Origin for marram grass

C17 marram, from Old Norse marálmr, from marr sea + hálmr haulm

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