eelgrass

eel·grass  (lgrs)

n.

Any of several submersed aquatic plants of the genus Vallisneria. Also called tape grass, wild celery.

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eelgrass [ˈiːlˌgrɑːs]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several perennial submerged marine plants of the genus Zostera, esp Z. marina, having grasslike leaves: family Zosteraceae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for tape grass

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	eelgrass - submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina genus Zostera, Zostera - (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant - a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
	2.	eelgrass - submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia tape grass, Vallisneria spiralis, wild celery genus Vallisneria, Vallisneria - eelgrass; eel grass aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant - a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth