genus spartina

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   grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands

   SynonymsSpartina

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofGramineae

Questions about genus spartina

What does genus spartina mean?

genus spartina means "grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands".

What is another word for genus spartina?

Close synonyms include Spartina. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus spartina a common word?

genus spartina is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.