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PRAIRIE CORDGRASS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns
Synonyms:
freshwater cordgrass; prairie cordgrass; slough grass; Spartina pectinmata
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("prairie cordgrass" is a kind of...):
cord grass; cordgrass (any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders)