单词 | marram grass |
释义 | marram grass[ mar-uhm ] / ˈmær əm / nouna 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 of marram grassFirst recorded in 1630–40; originally dialect (East Anglian); from Old Norse marálmr, equivalent to marr “sea” + hálmr “grass”; see mere2, haulm Words nearby marram grassmarquise, marquisette, Marquis of Queensberry rules, Marrakech, Marrakesh, marram grass, Marranism, Marrano, marri, marriage, marriageable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for marram grassmarram grass / (ˈmærəm) / nounany of several grasses of the genus Ammophila, esp A. arenaria, that grow on sandy shores and can withstand drying: often planted to stabilize sand dunes Word Origin for marram grassC17 marram, from Old Norse marálmr, from marr sea + hálmr haulm Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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