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[syn: eelgrass, grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Zostera \Zos"te*ra\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family.
Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and
eelgrass.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Zostera marina
n 1: submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found
in abundance along North Atlantic coasts [syn: eelgrass,
grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina]