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Webster 1913 Edition
Eelgrass
Eel′grassˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
A plant (
Zostera marina
), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast. Definition 2024
eelgrass
eelgrass
English
Noun
eelgrass (countable and uncountable, plural eelgrasses)
- Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
- Zostera spp. in marine environments
- especially Zostera marina, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast
- Vallisneria spp. in freshwater environments.
- Zostera spp. in marine environments
Translations
any aquatic plant with long, narrow leaves
marine plant with long, narrow leaves (Zostera)
Zostera marina
freshwater aquatic plant with long, narrow leaves (Vallisneria)