cordgrass

[ kawrd-gras, -grahs ]

noun

1. any of several grasses of the genus Spartina, of coastal regions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cordgrass¹

cord + grass

Example Sentences

Wading into the marsh, shovels and buckets in hand, the researchers and their students collected cordgrass along with the muddy sediment samples that cling to their roots.

From Science Daily

Treading carefully on the soggy ground, I pushed through the dense cordgrass to inspect them.

From New York Times

Some of the circular nests of smooth cordgrass are built atop mangrove stands, others on grassy hillocks.

From Seattle Times

More than half of the main island is salt marsh, and the knee-high cordgrass and black needlerush seemingly stretched to the Earth’s curve.

From Washington Post

She walked through the bulrushes and cordgrass to the very edge of the marsh’s waterline.

From Literature