spartina
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See also: Spartina
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪnə
Noun
spartina (usually uncountable, plural spartinas)
- cordgrass (Spartina).
- 2007 November 7, Andy Newman, “Protecting a Wild Patch of City Marshland”, in New York Times:
- The spartina, which grows along a sheltered cove and makes up about 15 acres of the whole parcel, is what makes Arlington Marsh so dear, said William K. Tai, director of the park's departments natural resources group.