marsh grass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of marsh grass
An Americanism dating back to 1875–85
Example Sentences
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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
The garage was filled with marsh grass and dead fish.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
Before her stretched a vast treeless waste, where heather and dwarf willow hugged the ground in a vain attempt to avoid the wind; where small peat-brown lakes shivered amid tossing marsh grass.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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