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Definition of Sea lyme grass
1. Noun. A dune grass of the Pacific seacoast used as a sand binder.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Lyme Grass
Literary usage of Sea lyme grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Field, the Garden, and the Woodland; Or, Interesting Facts Respecting by Anne Pratt (1847)
"... of Roots to Soils—Sea-side Grasses—Riband Grass —Upright Sea-lyme Grass—Fox-tail
Grass—Incursions of Sand—Difference of Soils—Plants of the ..."
2. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"This species, the Sea Lyme-grass, is found in America, but only on the colder
shores, where it is as valuable as the Marram Grass which it somewhat ..."
3. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry: In a Course of Lectures for the Board of ...by Humphry Davy, John Russell Bedford by Humphry Davy, John Russell Bedford (1815)
"Upright sea lyme grass. Nat. of Britain. At the time the seed is ripe, the produce
from a clayey loam, is Grass, 64 oz. The produce per acre 696960 0 ..."
4. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1810)
"Upright Sea Lyme-grass. J\T«i. of Britain. .F/. May and June. H. If.. lot. )672.
... Pendulous Sea Lyme-grass. Nat. of England. FL July. HV giganteus. 3. ..."
5. An Arrangement of British Plants: According to the Latest Improvements of by William Withering (1830)
"UPRIGHT sea lyme grass. (Sr.\ « к. E.) Sea coast, in loose sand. (Isle of Bute;
and in Devonshire. ... PENDULOUS sea lyme grass. THREE-JOINTED LYME GRASS. ..."