Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several perennial coastal grasses of the genus Spartina, some of which form colonies in salt marshes.
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- noun Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.
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- noun any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders
Etymologies
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Examples
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Topminnows that remain are found mainly in the region's brackish water in cordgrass marsh.
Susan Buchanan: The Gulf's Ocean and Inland Fish Face Multiple Threats Susan Buchanan 2011
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Jones pointed to degradation of Gulf wetlands, especially cordgrass marsh, as hurting minnows.
Susan Buchanan: The Gulf's Ocean and Inland Fish Face Multiple Threats Susan Buchanan 2011
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Jones pointed to degradation of Gulf wetlands, especially cordgrass marsh, as hurting minnows.
Susan Buchanan: The Gulf's Ocean and Inland Fish Face Multiple Threats Susan Buchanan 2011
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Drought, salinity, heat and low sediment discharges from rivers have killed cordgrass in Louisiana and caused marshes to brown.
Susan Buchanan: Pre-Spill, Coastal Threats Cannot Be Ignored, Environmentalists Say Susan Buchanan 2011
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Topminnows that remain are found mainly in the region's brackish water in cordgrass marsh.
Susan Buchanan: The Gulf's Ocean and Inland Fish Face Multiple Threats Susan Buchanan 2011
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Once upon a time I came across a night heron nesting in the cordgrass.
Lance Mannion: 2008
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Once upon a time I came across a night heron nesting in the cordgrass.
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Only endless acres of cordgrass and brackish water.
Unspeakable Laura Griffin 2010
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And on the science pages we look into cordgrass and wiregrass - two tough inhabitants of the Lousiana coastal marshes.
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They are cordgrass and wiregrass, common species that wave in the winds in south Louisiana's coastal marshes.
How oil-damaged marsh grasses recover could affect gulf's rebound 2010
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