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eelgrass

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As a noun, eelgrass means any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves.

Meanings of eelgrass

5 meanings

noun

  1. Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves

  2. Zostera spp. in marine environments

  3. Especially Zostera marina, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the coasts of the Northern Hemisphere.

  4. Vallisneria spp. in freshwater environments.

  5. Submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coastsplant

    Similar: grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

noun: submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found…
grass wracksea wrackZostera marina
noun: submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World…
tape grasswild celeryVallisneria spiralis

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