spike-grass

noun

: any of several American maritime grasses having large or conspicuous spikelets: such as

a

: sea oat

also : any of several related grasses of the genus Uniola

b

: salt grass

c

: an annual grass (Leptochloa fascicularis) found in ditches and brackish meadows from New England to Florida

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