salt grass

noun

: a grass (especially Distichlis spicata) native to an alkaline habitat (such as a salt marsh)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

On a tour of the Owens Lake remediation site, Phill Kiddoo kneeled on a sandy playa, inspecting a blanket of salt grass drying under the hot summer sun. —The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022

The coyotes were east of us, running through the salt grass and ragweed that make up much of coastal South Texas. —Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 27 Feb. 2020

Their findings: The burrows were much smaller among the salt grasses. —Science | AAAS, 15 Aug. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above