matweed

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matweed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Matweed \Mat"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
     A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed
     (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind
     the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under
     Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass
     of similar habit.
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