beachgrass

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English

Beachgrass

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beachgrass

Etymology

From beach +‎ grass.

Noun

beachgrass (countable and uncountable, plural beachgrasses)

Any grass of the genus Ammophila.
Ammophila arenaria, a coarse grass native to sandy beaches of Europe (north to Iceland) and northwest Africa.
Ammophila breviligulata, a coarse grass native to sandy beaches of eastern North America, including the shores of the Great Lakes.

Synonyms

(A. arenaria): marram, European marram grass, European beachgrass
(A. breviligulata): American marram grass, American beachgrass

Translations

Ammophila

Finnish: rantakaura (fi)

Ammophila arenaria — see marram

Ammophila breviligulata

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