spart grass

noun

ˈspärt-

1

: esparto

2

: a tall rather broad-leaved cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) common in salt marshes of the eastern U.S. and introduced along the European coast and in the Pacific northwest

Word History

Etymology

Latin spartum

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