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beach grass
noun
- any of several erect, strongly rooted grasses, especially of the genus Ammophila, common on exposed sandy shores and dunes.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beach grass1
An Americanism dating back to 1675–85
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Example Sentences
The highest and sandiest portion next the Atlantic was thinly covered with Beach-grass and Indigo-weed.
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The Beach-grass is "two to four feet high, of a seagreen color," and it is said to be widely diffused over the world.
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The vegetation about it is limited exclusively to "beach grass" and an occasional wild-plum bush.
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So did the old house and big barn and all the tumbledown buildin's stuck there in the beach-grass and sand.
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Instantly I dropped out of sight into the dead beach grass to watch and listen.
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