Home › Words › M › marrammarram/ˈmæɹəm/marram means ammophila arenaria, a coarse grass found on sandy beaches.marram is pronounced /ˈmæɹəm/.EtymologyFrom Old Norse maralmr, a compound of marr (“sea”) and halmr (“straw, reed”).nounAmmophila arenaria, a coarse grass found on sandy beaches.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.beachgrass 72% match — Any grass of the genus Ammophila. vs marram →sandmat 60% match — Sand carpet, a plant of species Cardionema ramosissimum, of the arid western Americas vs marram →machair 60% match — A type of calcareous sandy terrain formed mostly from seashells, found by the coast in areas of Scotland and Ireland. vs marram →spartina 59% match — cordgrass (Spartina). vs marram →arenarious 58% match — sandy vs marram →matgrass 58% match — The grass Nardus stricta. vs marram →cammock 57% match — A common restharrow (Ononis spinosa subsp. maritima, syn. Ononis spinosa), a plant with long, hard, crooked roots. vs marram →stramma 57% match — rope grass, Ampelodesmos mauritanicus vs marram →