NOUN | plant | eelgrass, grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina | submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts |
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plant | eelgrass, tape grass, wild celery, Vallisneria spiralis | submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves |
Sounds | iy'lgrae.s | |
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Rhymes | alas ... underpass: 48 rhymes with aes... |
Meaning | submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts. | |
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Synonyms | grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina | |
Member of | Zostera, genus Zostera | (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants |
Broader | aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant | A plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus / lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth |
Meaning | submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia. | |
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Synonyms | tape grass, wild celery, Vallisneria spiralis | |
Member of | Vallisneria, genus Vallisneria | eelgrass |
Broader | aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant | A plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus / lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth |
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