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. [ 1913 Webster ]
[だいしょう, daishou] (n, adj-no) (1) sizes (various); large and small; (2) daisho (matched pair of long and short swords); (3) large and small drums; (4) long months and short months; (P)#14529