tape grass

Noun

WordNet 3.0

submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and AustraliaSynonyms: tape grass eelgrass wild celery Vallisneria spiralis

Tape \Tape\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry, Tippet.]

1.A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape. [1913 Webster]

2.A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. [1913 Webster]

Red tape. See under Red.

Tape grass (Bot.), a plant (Vallisneria spiralis) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fresh-water eelgrass, and, in Maryland, wild celery.

Tape needle. See Bodkin, n., 4. [1913 Webster]