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cord grass

cord grass is the alternative form of cordgrass.

Meaning of cordgrass

Noun

cordgrass (countable and uncountable, plural cordgrasses)

  1. Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.
    • Minutes away from downtown Cambridge, the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, a 27,000-acre expanse of sibilant cordgrass and murky channels, has one of the largest concentrations of nesting bald eagles along the Atlantic coast.2007 September 28, Tim Neville, “Rural Waterfront Oasis That’s Not Far From Town”, in The New York Times

Forms of cord grass

pluralcord grasses

Questions about cord grass

What is cord grass the alternative form of?
Cord grass is the alternative form of cordgrass.

Words near cord grass in the dictionary

  1. Corcyraean
  2. Corcyraeans
  3. cord
  4. cord colitis syndrome
  5. cord factor
  6. cord grass
  7. cord grasses
  8. cord lacing
  9. cord set
  10. cord sets
  11. cord-cutter

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