salt grass

American  

noun

1. any of several grasses, as Distichlis spicata, that grow in salt marshes or meadows or in alkali soil.

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Etymology

Origin of salt grass

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

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salt grass

They shuffle over the wet sand and coir netting with George Blomberg, one of the Port’s senior environmental managers, planting native salt grass and tufted hair grass to help restore an eroded habitat.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2021

I even planted some milkweed, violets, and wispy salt grass for the caterpillars—you know, when butterflies are in the larval stage.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

In these meadows during the month of June the bears come to feed upon the young and tender salt grass.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various

On the sea side the forest ends in a thick undergrowth of dark-spreading juniper bushes, which fill the hollows of the dunes and mingle with the thistles and the tough salt grass.

From Vestigia Vol. II. by Fleming, George

Again Garrett had to search in the salt grass and greasewood.

From The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado by Hough, Emerson