ammophila

[Gr. ἄμμος ( ammos ) or ἅμμος (hammos) = sand, and φίλος ( philos ), adj. beloved; subst. = a friend, a lover. A lover of sand.] Zool.: A genus of Hymenopterous insects; family Sphecidæ. Several species exist in Britain. Like other burrowing Hymenoptera, they are popularly called Sand-wasps. [SANDWASP, FOSSOR I A.] It 2. Bot . Sea-reed. A genus of gra es which contains the A. a rund in ace a , formerly called Arundo arenaria, or Psamma arenaria, the Common Sea-reed-Marum or Mat-weed. is woven in Su ex into table-mats and basketwork; but its chief utility is in the economy of nature, in which it protects sand-dunes, and sandy coasts in general, from being blown away by wind, or speedily removed by the action of the sea.