MATWEED

Etymology

Noun

matweed (plural matweeds)

Any of several maritime grasses.

Guilleminea spp.

Nardus stricta

Axonopus fissifolius (common carpetgrass)

Amaranthus blitoides (prostate amaranth, mat amaranth)

Synonyms

• (Axonopus fissifolius): common carpetgrass, caratao grass, Louisiana grass (US); mat grass, narrow-leaved carpet grass, Durringtion grass (Australia)

Source: Wiktionary

Mat"weed`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition