Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eelgrass"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Zostera \Zos"te*ra\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of the {Naiadace[ae]}, or Pondweed family.
{Zostera marina} is commonly known as {sea wrack}, and
{eelgrass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eelgrass \Eel"grass`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant ({Zostera marina}), with very long and narrow leaves,
growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic
coast.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
eelgrass
n 1: submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in
abundance along North Atlantic coasts [syn: {grass wrack},
{sea wrack}, {Zostera marina}]
2: submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World
and Australia [syn: {tape grass}, {wild celery}, {Vallisneria
spiralis}]
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