beachgrass

English

Beachgrass

Etymology

beach +‎ grass

Noun

beachgrass (countable and uncountable, plural beachgrasses)

1. Any grass of the genus Ammophila.
2. Ammophila arenaria, a coarse grass native to sandy beaches of Europe (north to Iceland) and northwest Africa.
3. Ammophila breviligulata, a coarse grass native to sandy beaches of eastern North America, including the shores of the Great Lakes.

Synonyms

• (A. arenaria): marram, European marram grass, European beachgrass
• (A. breviligulata): American marram grass, American beachgrass

Translations

Ammophila

• Finnish: rantakaura (fi)

Ammophila arenaria — see marram

Ammophila breviligulata