English

An expanse of the cordgrass Spartina anglica

Noun

cordgrass ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cordgrasses)

1. Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.
   • 2007 September 28, Tim Neville, “Rural Waterfront Oasis That’s Not Far From Town”, in New York Times:

     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.