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grass sponge

noun

  1. a large, dark brown, commercial sponge, Spongia graminea, of Florida, the West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grass sponge1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

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Example Sentences

This is one of the species of sponges of the third commercial grade, which bear the trade-name of "grass-sponge."

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