cordgrassとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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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 The 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.

   • 2014 October 22, Gabe LaMonica, “Senator’s ‘Wastebook’ has everything that will fit in a pork barrel”, in CNN‎:

     That grass – saltmarsh cordgrass, which can grow to be 7 feet tall – was being observed in New Smyrna Beach, Florida as part of a Fish and Wildlife Service program.

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