Lexicographical Neighbors of Marrum
Literary usage of Marrum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nights with an Old Gunner and Other Studies of Wild Life: And Other Studies by Charles John Cornish (1897)
"There, wherever a patch of ' marrum grass' takes root, the sand blown from the
great bank gathers round it. As the sand spreads, the grass grows through it, ..."
2. The Indian Forester (1893)
"The " marrum," as it is locally called ... common on sandy shores, is also frequent
here, and answers the same purpose in fixing the sand as the " marrum. ..."
3. The Indian Forester (1896)
"The marrum only flourishes near the sea where it receives constantly fresh ...
Sowings of marrum are also made. A portion of the forest bordering on the ..."
4. The Indian Forester (1893)
"The " marrum," as it is locally called, or bent-grass, is considered of so such
importance that there are severe laws to prohibit its being destroyed. ..."
5. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"The underground runners of some species, as the marrum grass and sea lyme grass,
... Reeds; marrum grass; pampas grass. .\:,,•-.-',-r. Bent grass. ..."
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