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SLOUGH GRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slough grass mean?
• SLOUGH GRASS (noun)
The noun SLOUGH GRASS has 1 sense:
1. North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns
Familiarity information: SLOUGH GRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
freshwater cordgrass; prairie cordgrass; slough grass; Spartina pectinmata
Hypernyms ("slough grass" is a kind of...):
cord grass; cordgrass (any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders)
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