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

Your trouble will probably be not so much the salt grass, but the alkali in the soil which the salt grass can tolerate and which other plants cannot stand.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

A spring of drinkable water, a few date-palms in the circle around it, and, beneath their shade, a patch of turf of salt grass, affording sufficient fodder for the camels--that was all.

From The Scarlet Banner by Dahn, Felix

This very morning on which I write, an unknown man, imprisoned in the same spot in the same way overnight, was found by George Hansom dead there from exposure in the salt grass.

From Men, Women, and Ghosts by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart