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Sawgrass

Sawgrass

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A group of places in Florida, especially a famous golf course and a large shopping center
  • proper noun
  • /ˈsɔːˌɡræs/
translation icon : Sawgrass
  • And shout out to the people at Sawgrass Recreational Center.
  • TPC Sawgrass
  • Players Championship at Sawgrass
  • Championship at Sawgrass

I was in Jacksonville playing golf at at Sawgrass for my college roommate Terence Barber.

Examples

  • Best I could figure, I lay back on sawgrass.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • They've ridden it a couple of times now to Sawgrass Mills to see a movie.

    Blog text (11)

  • Tips of sawgrass whipped my face as the boat flew over the surface at more than 30 miles per hour.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • He and his friends were riding their bikes all the way out west, trying to get to Sawgrass Mills!

    Blog text (11)

  • I didn't believe he would, but he ambled through sawgrass.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The airboat whizzed through the sea of sawgrass for 10, 20, 30 minutes without stopping.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • It might have helped had he played last week at the TPC Sawgrass, except that he couldn't.

    Blog text (12)

  • I was in Jacksonville playing golf at at Sawgrass for my college roommate Terence Barber.

    Dr. Phil

  • Travel to all the championship courses: Take on the best of the best on some of the world's most celebrated courses, including Augusta National Golf Club, the St. Andrews Links, and TPC Sawgrass.

    Blog text (29)

  • Tell us about your win at the 2005 Players Championship at Sawgrass.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Sawgrass = saw + grass (transparent) = saw + grass

The place name comes directly from the common noun 'sawgrass' referring to a marsh plant (saw-like grass), so the compound structure is clear to learners.

Etymology

The word Sawgrass is made from the common words saw and grass. It names a sharp marsh plant with leaves that feel like a 'saw', so places in Florida, like a famous golf course and a large mall, were called Sawgrass because the plant grows there.