I. əˈmäfələ, aˈ- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from amm- + -phila
: a small genus of coarse perennial grasses growing on sandy shores and dunes and having awnless flowers crowded into a long spikelike panicle — see beach grass , marram grass
II.
Etymology: New Latin, from amm- + -phila
synonym of sphex
III. noun
( -s )
: a sand wasp of the genus Sphex