marsh grass
English
Noun
marsh grass (usually uncountable, plural marsh grasses)
- Any coarse grass growing in marshes of genus Spartina.
- Synonym: cord grass, swamp grass, meadow grass, swamp hay, thatch grass
- Any wetland grass of genus Hymenachne.
- Barnyard millet, jungle ricegrass (Echinochloa colonum)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see marsh, grass.
Hyponyms
- (Spartina): Spartina cynosuroides, Spartina patens (syn. Spartina juncea), salt hay
Translations
Spartina