salt-water grass

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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hay from salt-water tidal marshes, as Juncus gerardi.

Quotations

1832

Bay Vert takes its name from the quantity of salt water grass which grows in the mud and floats upon the surface.

1925

It was customary to send the sheep to the marsh to graze, the salt water grass being ideal for fattening.