[syn: sea wrack, wrack]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sea wrack \Sea" wrack`\ (Bot.)
See Wrack.
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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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sea wrack
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]
2: growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms
such as rockweeds and kelp [syn: sea wrack, wrack]