Definition of "saltgrass"

saltgrass

noun
countable and uncountable, plural saltgrasses
1. American grass of species Distichlis spicata, that can tolerate alkali and salty conditions.
  Quotations
  Palmer parted the towering saltgrass and pickleweed downwind of the elk.
  2009 September 13, Michael Brick, “Stalking a Majestic Beast With an Eye on the Record Book”, in New York Times‎
2. Similar salt-tolerant species in the genus Distichlis.
  Quotations
  The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater.
  2012, S.L. Pearlsteina, R.S. Felgera, E.P. Glenna, J. Harringtond, K.A. Al-Ghaneme, S.G. Nelson, “Nipa (Distichlis palmeri): A perennial grain crop for saltwater irrigation”, in Journal of Arid Environments, page 60