marram

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹəm/

Noun

Marram grass on sand dunes.

marram (countable and uncountable, plural marrams)

Ammophila arenaria, a coarse grass found on sandy beaches.

Synonyms

beachgrass, marram grass

Translations

Ammophila arenaria

Basque: harenondoko
Catalan: borró, canya de sorra
Finnish: rantakaura (fi)
French: gourbet (fr) m, oyat (fr) m
Galician: feo (gl) m
Icelandic: melgresi (is) m
Korean: 마람풀 (marampul)
Norman: melgreu m
Polish: piaskownica zwyczajna f
Russian: песколю́бка f (peskoljúbka)
Spanish: barrón, carrizo (es)
Welsh: moresg f pl, hesg môr f pl, cas gan bladurwr m, glaswellt y tywod m, corswellt y tywod m, merydd m, myrydd m, môr-hesgen f

Further reading

Ammophila on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ammophila on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Noun

marram (uncountable)

Alternative form of murram

Latin

Noun

marram

accusative singular of marra

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