marram

noun
/ˈmæɹəm/

Etymology

From Old Norse maralmr, a compound of marr (“sea”) and halmr (“straw, reed”).

  1. derived from maralmr

Definitions

  1. Ammophila arenaria, a coarse grass found on sandy beaches.

    • He circled rapidly, stopped, swerved, and, at the canter, took up another scent. Suddenly, in a tussock of marram, his nose and he stopped dead.
  2. Alternative form of murram.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for marram. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA