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eelgrass
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun eelgrass has 2 senses
- eelgrass(n = noun.plant) grass wrack, sea wrack, zostera marina - submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts; Array is a member of genus zostera, zostera
- eelgrass(n = noun.plant) tape grass, vallisneria spiralis, wild celery - submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia; Array is a member of genus vallisneria, vallisneria
is a kind of aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant
is a kind of aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
eelgrass, n.
A plant (Zostera marina ), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast. [1913 Webster]
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