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单词 marram grass
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
marram grass′  (marəm),USA pronunciation 
  1. Plant Biologya grass, Ammophila arenaria, having matted, creeping rhizomes, grown on sandy shores of Europe, North America, and Australia to bind the sand. Also called marram. 
  • Old Norse marálmr, equivalent. to marr sea (see mere2) + hálmr grass (see haulm)
  • 1630–40; origin, originally East Anglian dialect, dialectal;

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
marram grass /ˈmærəm/ n
  1. any 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
Etymology: 17th Century marram, from Old Norse marálmr, from marr sea + hálmr haulm
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