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salt marsh hay

salt marsh hay noun: saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south to the Caribbean and northeast Mexico.

Noun

salt marsh hay (usually uncountable, plural salt marsh hays)

  1. (usually) Saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south to the Caribbean and northeast Mexico.

Forms of salt marsh hay

pluralsalt marsh hays

Questions about salt marsh hay

What does salt marsh hay mean?
Salt marsh hay means saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south to the Caribbean and northeast Mexico.
What part of speech is salt marsh hay?
Salt marsh hay is a noun.
What is the plural of salt marsh hay?
The plural of salt marsh hay is salt marsh hays.

Words near salt marsh hay in the dictionary

  1. salt line
  2. salt lines
  3. Salt March
  4. salt marsh
  5. salt marsh elder
  6. salt marsh hay
  7. salt marsh hays
  8. salt marsh moth
  9. salt marsh moths
  10. salt marshes
  11. salt meat

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