Meaning & use

cordgrass

noun·Advanced

A tough, salt-tolerant grass that grows in coastal marshes and wetlands.

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Cordgrass helps stabilize the muddy shoreline against erosion from tides and storms.

Migrating birds nest among the tall cordgrass along the estuary each spring.

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Cordgrass, genus Spartina, plays an important ecological role in salt marshes by trapping sediment and providing habitat.

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