Meaning of saltgrass | Babel Free

Definitions

1. American grass of species Distichlis spicata, that can tolerate alkali and salty conditions.
   countable, uncountable
2. Similar salt-tolerant species in the genus Distichlis.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Palmer parted the towering saltgrass and pickleweed downwind of the elk.”

“The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater.”

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