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Definition of marram grass in English: marram grass(also marram) nounˈmarəmˈmerəm ˌɡras A coarse European grass of coastal sand dunes, binding the loose sand with its tough rhizomes. Ammophila arenaria, family Gramineae Example sentencesExamples - I followed Sean away from the beach, down the sandy paths where the marram grass gave way to bracken and scrubby trees, deeper and deeper into the dunes.
- The favoured stretch of shingle beach and marram was again fenced off.
- A steep sand cliff rose 50m from the coast to form a complex system of dunes fixed by marram grass with areas where competitors faced soft energy-sapping sand.
- I have seen them feeding at the tidemark with snow buntings and pipits and they also find seeds in the marram hills.
- These are not straggly, marram grass-threaded dunes as we know them.
OriginMid 17th century: from Old Norse marálmr, from marr 'sea' + hálmr 'haulm'. Definition of marram grass in US English: marram grass(also marram) nounˈmerəm ˌɡras A coarse grass of coastal sand dunes that binds the loose sand with its tough rhizomes, found in Europe, North America, and Australia. Ammophila arenaria, family Gramineae Example sentencesExamples - A steep sand cliff rose 50m from the coast to form a complex system of dunes fixed by marram grass with areas where competitors faced soft energy-sapping sand.
- I have seen them feeding at the tidemark with snow buntings and pipits and they also find seeds in the marram hills.
- I followed Sean away from the beach, down the sandy paths where the marram grass gave way to bracken and scrubby trees, deeper and deeper into the dunes.
- These are not straggly, marram grass-threaded dunes as we know them.
- The favoured stretch of shingle beach and marram was again fenced off.
OriginMid 17th century: from Old Norse marálmr, from marr ‘sea’ + hálmr ‘haulm’. |