genus spartina

Noun
  1. Grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands (synset 112159884)
    is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
    member holonym: cord grass, cordgrass - any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders
    belongs to: family graminaceae, family gramineae, family poaceae, graminaceae, gramineae, grass family, poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
    same as: spartina

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