marsh grass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of marsh grass
An Americanism dating back to 1875–85
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In no time, I was in unfamiliar territory: The sun rose over spoonbills and egrets standing in shallow water as a lone kayaker navigated fields of marsh grass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
While technically a horse, the Chincoteague breed is referred to as a pony because of its small size, which scientists believe is the result of its diet of nutritionally poor marsh grass.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2022
“Instead of near continuous bands of marsh grass, we now had marsh edges that were lumpy, with large patches of bare mud where marsh grass had been just a few years ago.”
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2021
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Himes said it was hard to estimate how much oil leaked, but it has affected marsh grass along the shoreline.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
You couldn’t sleep near it though; it was surrounded by sharp-edged marsh grass that grew only on muddy ground.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
