NOUN | plant | sea wrack, eelgrass, grass wrack, Zostera marina | submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts |
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animal | sea wrack, wrack | growth / growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp |
Meaning | submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts. | |
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Synonyms | eelgrass, grass 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 | growth / growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp. | |
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Synonym | wrack | |
Broader | seaweed | plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae |
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