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Webster 1913 Edition
Matweed
Mat′weedˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (
Ammophila arundinacea
) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass
, under Beach
); also, the Lygeum Spartum
, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit. Webster 1828 Edition
Matweed
MAT'WEED
,Noun.