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grass sponge
noun
- 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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