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marram grass [mar-uh m] WORD ORIGIN noun a grass, Ammophila arenaria, having matted, creeping rhizomes, grown on sandy shores of Europe, North America, and Australia to bind the sand. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of marram grass 1630–40; orig. East Anglian dial.; Old Norse marálmr, equivalent to marr sea (see mere2) + hálmr grass (see haulm)Also called mar·ram. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for marram grass marram grass noun any of several grasses of the genus Ammophila, esp A. arenaria, that grow on sandy shores and can withstand drying: often planted to stabilize sand dunes Word Origin for marram grass C17 marram, from Old Norse marálmr, from marr sea + hálmr haulm Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
