CORDGRASS

cordgrass, cord grass

(noun) any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cordgrass (countable and uncountable, plural cordgrasses)

Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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