• (n.) A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.
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Mat'weed` noun (Botany) A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (
Ammophila arundinacea ) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see
Beach grass , under
Beach ); also, the
Lygeum Spartum , a Mediterranean grass of similar habi...
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