tape grass

tape grass

n.

See eelgrass.

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tape grass

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several submerged freshwater plants of the genus Vallisneria, esp V. spiralis, of warm temperate regions, having ribbon-like leaves: family Hydrocharitaceae

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tape grass - submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia Vallisneria spiralis, wild celery, eelgrass 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