SAND REED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sand reed mean? 

• SAND REED (noun)
  The noun SAND REED has 1 sense:

1. European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla

  Familiarity information: SAND REED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAND REED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Carex arenaria; sand reed; sand sedge

Hypernyms ("sand reed" is a kind of...):

sedge (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)

Holonyms ("sand reed" is a member of...):

Carex; genus Carex (large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges)