NOUN | plant | Zostera marina, eelgrass, grass wrack, sea wrack | submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts |
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Meaning | submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts. | |
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Synonyms | eelgrass, grass wrack, sea wrack | |
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 |
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