sea oats
noun
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: a tall grass (Uniola paniculata) that has panicles resembling those of the oat, grows chiefly on the coast of the southern U.S., and is useful as a sand binder
also
: a related plant (Chasmanthium latifolium synonym U. latifolia) chiefly of the eastern U.S.
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The shoreline here is wide and uncrowded, dotted with sand dunes and waving sea oats.
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Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2024
The mailbox, which surprisingly pops up from a landscape of sugar-white sand and sea oats swaying in the wind, creates a scene straight from a movie.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 July 2024
With sea oats gently swaying in the salty breeze and the effortless expanse of the ocean, beaches are undeniably enchanting.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 July 2024
Grasses, such as sea oats and seeded eucalyptus, can help fill out the arrangement.
—Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
Crews then bury it in sand and allow the decomposing sea grass to feed the sea oats and build up sand dunes.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2023
Those native plants include the Turk’s cap flower, the buttonbush and inland sea oats.
—Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022
Most of the seedlings were sea oats, a hardy species that can be found all the way up the coast to New Jersey.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
As morning glories and sea oats take root, dunes grow noticeably season to season.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2021
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Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2024
The mailbox, which surprisingly pops up from a landscape of sugar-white sand and sea oats swaying in the wind, creates a scene straight from a movie.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 July 2024
With sea oats gently swaying in the salty breeze and the effortless expanse of the ocean, beaches are undeniably enchanting.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 July 2024
Grasses, such as sea oats and seeded eucalyptus, can help fill out the arrangement.
—Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
Crews then bury it in sand and allow the decomposing sea grass to feed the sea oats and build up sand dunes.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2023
Those native plants include the Turk’s cap flower, the buttonbush and inland sea oats.
—Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022
Most of the seedlings were sea oats, a hardy species that can be found all the way up the coast to New Jersey.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
As morning glories and sea oats take root, dunes grow noticeably season to season.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2021
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“Sea oats.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20oats. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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