mar|ram grass

mar|ram grass
mar|ram grass «MAR uhm»,
a tall, coarse, perennial beach grass native to Europe, sometimes sown to prevent the drifting of sand masses.
[< Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic maralmr < marr sea + halmr haulm)]

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