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marram grass

[mar-uhm]
–noun
a grass, Ammophila arenaria, having matted, creeping rhizomes, grown on sandy shores of Europe, North America, and Australia to bind the sand.
Also called marram.


Origin:
1630–40; orig. East Anglian dial.; < ON marálmr, equiv. to marr sea (see mere 2 ) + hálmr grass (see haulm )
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marram grass

any of the sand-binding plants in the genus Ammophila (family Poaceae). These coarse, perennial grasses are about one metre (about three feet) tall and grow on sandy coasts of temperate Europe, North America, and northern Africa

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