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marram grasses

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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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