spartina

See also: Spartina

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪnə

Noun

spartina (usually uncountable, plural spartinas)

  1. 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.

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