HyperDic: zostera_marina

English > 1 sense of the expression Zostera marina:
NOUNplantZostera marina, eelgrass, grass wrack, sea wracksubmerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts
English > Zostera marina: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsubmerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts.
Synonymseelgrass, grass wrack, sea wrack
Member ofZostera, genus Zostera(or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants
Broaderaquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plantA 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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