Meanings
nounspartina (usually uncountable, plural spartinas)
plural spartinas
- uncountableusuallycordgrass (Spartina).
The spartina, which grows along a sheltered cove and makes up about 15 acres of the whole parcel, is what makes Arlington Marsh so dear, said William K. Tai, director of the park's departments natural resources group.
2007 November 7, Andy Newman, “Protecting a Wild Patch of City Marshland”, in New York Times
Origin
From the genus name.
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Rhymes with spartina
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APA
spartina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spartina
MLA
“spartina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spartina. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spartina,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spartina.
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