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Definition of Cord grass
1. Noun. Any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Genus Spartina, Spartina
Specialized synonyms: Salt Reed Grass, Spartina Cynosuroides, Freshwater Cordgrass, Prairie Cordgrass, Slough Grass, Spartina Pectinmata
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cord Grass
Literary usage of Cord grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"CORD-GRASS. Mostly maritime perennials. Stems simple, erect, reed-like but short.
Leaf-blades long, tough. Panicle narrow, erect, dense, composed of several ..."
2. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"... but the plant, until thoroughly dry, has an unpleasant odour. Cord-grass ...
and, like Creek Sedge, Cord-grass is used to form a waterproof thatch. ..."
3. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"We had also requested some of their young men to go with us, so as to effect a
reconcilia- M Clark Q 146, June Jth, 1806, has : " The corn [cord] grass so ..."
4. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants by William Withering, William Macgillivray (1837)
"CORD-GRASS Calyx one-flowered, of two unequal lance-shaped, keeled, ... Twin-spiked
Cord-grass. Spikes two or three, with smooth stalks; outer chaff-scales ..."
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