Matweed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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