salt marsh hay

noun

Saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south to the Caribbean and northeast Mexico.

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Meanings

nounsalt marsh hay (usually uncountable, plural salt marsh hays)

plural salt marsh hays

  1. uncountableusuallySaltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south to the Caribbean and northeast Mexico.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
meadow hay

Translations

French spartine étalée
  • spartine étaléeSpartina patens
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salt marsh hay,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20marsh%20hay.

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