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salt grass

salt grass is the alternative form of saltgrass.

Meaning of saltgrass

Noun

saltgrass (countable and uncountable, plural saltgrasses)

  1. American grass of species Distichlis spicata, that can tolerate alkali and salty conditions.
    • Palmer parted the towering saltgrass and pickleweed downwind of the elk.2009 September 13, Michael Brick, “Stalking a Majestic Beast With an Eye on the Record Book”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    seashore saltgrass, inland saltgrass, desert saltgrass
  2. Similar salt-tolerant species in the genus Distichlis.
    • The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater.2012, S.L. Pearlsteina, R.S. Felgera, E.P. Glenna, J. Harringtond, K.A. Al-Ghaneme, S.G. Nelson, “Nipa (Distichlis palmeri): A perennial grain crop for saltwater irrigation”, in Journal of Arid...
    Synonyms:
    Palmer's grass, nipa grass, Baja grass, Australian salt-grass

Forms of salt grass

pluralsalt grasses

Questions about salt grass

What is salt grass the alternative form of?
Salt grass is the alternative form of saltgrass.

Words near salt grass in the dictionary

  1. salt glaciers
  2. salt gland
  3. salt glands
  4. salt glaze
  5. salt glazes
  6. salt grass
  7. salt grasses
  8. salt hay
  9. salt hays
  10. Salt Hill
  11. salt horse

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