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noun any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders
originEtymology tree English cord Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-West Germanic *gras Old English græs Middle English gras English grass English cordgrass From cord + grass.
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