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sea lyme grasses

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sea lyme grass

–noun
a stout grass, Elymus arenarius, of Eurasia, used as a binder for shifting sand.
Also called dune grass.


Origin:
lyme, perh. alter. (based on the genus name) of lime 1 , with reference to its binding properties; cf. birdlime
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