marsh grass

noun

1. cordgrass.

Word History and Origins

Origin of marsh grass¹

An Americanism dating back to 1875–85

Example Sentences

Then Zephyr plucked periwinkles from marsh grasses and watched them unfurl, looking like alien snails.

From Washington Post

Later, as the haze from Western wildfires blew across the Northeast, the sun turned an ominous red, spectacular above the swaying marsh grass.

From Washington Post

Sprinkle with cowslips and willow leaves, insert in a pie-dish and cover with a thick paste of bulrushes and marsh grass.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a lot of marsh grass and deep-growing reeds, and clear water between that stretched away inland.

From Project Gutenberg

Land mostly covered with dry grass about a foot high, like our Norfolk marsh grass.

From Project Gutenberg

They are excellent runners, and are very difficult to start from the marsh grass in which they are concealed.

From Project Gutenberg

These small Rails are like field mice, hard to locate or obtain sight of when in the marsh grass.

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