salt grass

noun

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

Origin of salt grass

First recorded in 1695–1705

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Historical Examples of salt grass

The way was through a pebbly waste of beach and salt-grass, and a sea-scrub of grey bushes.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay
Maurice Hewlett