cordgrass

American  

[kawrd-gras, -grahs] / ˈkɔrdˌgræs, -ˈgrɑs /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of cordgrass

cord + grass

Example Sentences

Known as cordgrass, the plant is an ecosystem engineer, providing habitats for wildlife, naturally cleaning water as it moves from inland to the sea, and holding the shoreline together so it doesn't collapse.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

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 • Jul. 1, 2022

But he fears the destruction of the wetlands he loves: The soft waving cordgrass where black rails hide, the pelicans diving down over the lapping water to catch fish.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2022

East Anglia, the region with the country’s lowest average rainfall, is home to flora like corn chamomile, cordgrass and rolling heather but is also burdened with dry, sandy soil.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2021

As a child I secretly welcomed the first warm day of spring by yanking off my shoes and standing waist deep in the cordgrass to feel the cool mud squish up between my toes.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson