Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cordgrass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: cord-grass
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Minutes away from downtown Cambridge, the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, a 27,000-acre expanse of sibilant cordgrass and murky channels, has one of the largest concentrations of nesting bald eagles along the Atlantic coast."
"That grass – saltmarsh cordgrass, which can grow to be 7 feet tall – was being observed in New Smyrna Beach, Florida as part of a Fish and Wildlife Service program."

Etymology

Etymology tree English cord Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-West Germanic *gras Old English græs Middle English gras English grass English cordgrass From cord + grass.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cordgrasses (plural)

Phrases

smooth cordgrass

Synonyms

cord grass

Questions

What does cordgrass mean?: Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.
Where does cordgrass come from?: Etymology tree English cord Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-West Germanic *gras Old English græs Middle English gras English grass English cordgrass From cord + grass.

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