SLOUGH GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slough grass mean? 

• SLOUGH GRASS (noun)
  The noun SLOUGH GRASS has 1 sense:

1. North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns

  Familiarity information: SLOUGH GRASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOUGH GRASS (noun)

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Meaning:

North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

freshwater cordgrass; prairie cordgrass; slough grass; Spartina pectinmata

Hypernyms ("slough grass" is a kind of...):

cord grass; cordgrass (any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders)