Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any grass that grows in marshes.
- noun Specifically, any grass of the genus Spartina, or cord-grass; also,
Distichlis maritima .
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Examples
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At the water's edge, the oil is soaked several inches deep into the tangled, marsh-grass roots that hold Louisiana's coastline together.
Gulf Oil Spill: Louisiana Wetlands Blanketed With BP Crude (VIDEO) 2010
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(She even ends up making her own shoes out of marsh-grass and ribbon).
Archive 2007-07-01 Heather McDougal 2007
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(She even ends up making her own shoes out of marsh-grass and ribbon).
Snug as a Bug in a Beautiful Box Heather McDougal 2007
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He laments loudly: the future belongs to this indestructible marsh-grass.
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The long reeds and marsh-grass waved in broken undulations and out across the desolation of the wastes a few still meres reflected the dull light.
Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006
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His dark hair was nearly waist length, indifferently clean, and held back in a tail with a twist of marsh-grass; his lean tanned face was smudged with mud above the almond eyes and along the cheekbones.
The Shadow Of The Lion Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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So, bailed out and stuffed with marsh-grass in its crazy cracks, the old scow was afloat, the rope was cut, and by midnight it went drifting down the river.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Various
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This cottage, covered with white stucco, and thatched with long marsh-grass, stood at the edge of the village; olive and mulberry trees clustered about it, and a wild jasmine vine clambered over the doorway, while on this particular morning all around the low projecting eaves hung a row of tiny wheat-sheaves, swinging in the crisp
Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls Elva S. Smith
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We passed patches of cultivated ground here and there, a good deal of which was tobacco, but for the most part our way was through marsh-grass and low bushes.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Various
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The tide was well up, though still on the flood, as I desired; and each visible tuft of marsh-grass might, but for its motionlessness, have been a prowling boat.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various
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