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beach grass
noun
: any of several tough strongly rooted grasses that grow on exposed sandy shores
especially
: any of a genus (Ammophila) of rhizomatous perennials widely planted to bind sandy slopes
Examples of beach grass in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Invasive plants such as European beach grass have destroyed and crowded the birds’ habitat, as has expanding development, which amplifies other natural dangers, too.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2024
The bundle is available in multiple colors, including graphite and steel oxford stripe, window pane, graphite, cream, blue tide, willow, beach grass, and white.
—Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Jan. 2024
Still, the propeller plane went down, and the advertising banner chased it, and the beach grass shimmied, and chocolate milk flew from my mother’s thermos.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
Bathrooms are stocked with custom Byredo toiletries that evoke the island’s beach grass and rosebuds.
—Linda Laban, Robb Report, 4 July 2023
The banner flutters in the air like an eel, shrouding the sun, dropping to beach grass.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
Don’t expect great cellphone reception, and your closest neighbor might be a sandpiper nesting in the beach grass.
—Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
These are quintessential Lake Michigan beaches, with wide, flat shorelines, beach grass, and a historic, bright red lighthouse at the west end of the South Pier at the mouth of the Black River.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2023
The gulls made makeshift nests from withered beach grass.
—Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1681, in the meaning defined above
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“Beach grass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beach%20grass. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
beach grass
noun
: any of several tough grasses with strong roots that grow on exposed sandy shores and include some planted to bind the soil on dunes or sandy slopes
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