Eelgrass
eelgrass
Noun
1. submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts
(synonym) grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina
(hypernym) aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant
(member-holonym) Zostera, genus Zostera
2. submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia
(synonym) tape grass, wild celery, Vallisneria spiralis
(hypernym) aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant
(member-holonym) Vallisneria, genus Vallisneria
Eelgrass
(n.)
A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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eelgrass
gearless largesse
EELGRASS
ZOSTERA. VALLISNERIA