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Definition of Sand reed
1. Noun. European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla.
Generic synonyms: Sedge
Group relationships: Carex, Genus Carex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Reed
Literary usage of Sand reed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"AN EMBRYONIC SAND DUNE, developing on a beach at Chicago, II!. The grass which
acts as a sand-binder is the sand reed ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The most common plant here is rhc stiff sand-reed ... Like the sand-reed, the
dewberry' bramble and ihc shrub of the buckthorn ..."
3. The Sea-side Book: Being an Introduction to the Natural History of the by William Henry Harvey (1849)
"Of these, the sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which naturally grows on the ...
Several other plants will flourish under the protection of the sand-reed. ..."
4. A Naturalist in the Great Lakes Region by Elliot Rowland Downing (1922)
"83) including, in addition to the foregoing, the sand reed grass, ... The sand
reed grass (Fig. 84) grows in clumps from underground running root stalks. ..."
5. The biblical museum by James Comper Gray (1872)
"The sand-reed which grows on the sandy shores oí Europe represents the influence of
... But for the sand-reed, the sea-wind would long since have wafted the ..."
6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"AN EMBRYONIC SAND DUNE, developing on a beach at Chicago, II!. The grass which
acts as a sand-binder is the sand reed ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The most common plant here is rhc stiff sand-reed ... Like the sand-reed, the
dewberry' bramble and ihc shrub of the buckthorn ..."
8. The Sea-side Book: Being an Introduction to the Natural History of the by William Henry Harvey (1849)
"Of these, the sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which naturally grows on the ...
Several other plants will flourish under the protection of the sand-reed. ..."
9. A Naturalist in the Great Lakes Region by Elliot Rowland Downing (1922)
"83) including, in addition to the foregoing, the sand reed grass, ... The sand
reed grass (Fig. 84) grows in clumps from underground running root stalks. ..."
10. The biblical museum by James Comper Gray (1872)
"The sand-reed which grows on the sandy shores oí Europe represents the influence of
... But for the sand-reed, the sea-wind would long since have wafted the ..."
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