noun
grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands
• Syn: ↑Spartina
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms:
↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family
• Member Meronyms: ↑cordgrass, ↑cord grass
Useful english dictionary. 2012.