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单词 marram grass
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marram grass

[ mar-uhm ]
/ ˈmær əm /

noun

a grass, Ammophila arenaria, having matted, creeping rhizomes, grown on sandy shores of Europe, North America, and Australia to bind the sand.
Also called marram.

Origin of marram grass

First recorded in 1630–40; originally dialect (East Anglian); from Old Norse marálmr, equivalent to marr “sea” + hálmr “grass”; see mere2, haulm

Words nearby marram grass

marquise, marquisette, Marquis of Queensberry rules, Marrakech, Marrakesh, marram grass, Marranism, Marrano, marri, marriage, marriageable
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British Dictionary definitions for marram grass

marram grass
/ (ˈmærəm) /

noun

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

Word Origin for marram grass

C17 marram, from Old Norse marálmr, from marr sea + hálmr haulm
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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