eelgrass
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
eelgrass (countable and uncountable, plural eelgrasses)
- Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
- Zostera spp. in marine environments
- especially Zostera marina, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast
- Vallisneria spp. in freshwater environments.
- Zostera spp. in marine environments
Synonyms[edit]
- (Zostera marina): common eelgrass, seawrack
Translations[edit]
marine plant of the genus Zostera
Zostera marina
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aquatic plant of the genus Vallisneria
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Translations to be checked: "plant"
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Further reading[edit]
- eelgrass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
eelgrass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia