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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MATWEED
n.
A
plant
of
the
genus
Lygeum.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MATWEED
MATWEED
Mat
"
weed
`, n. (
Bot.
)
Defn: 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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