fresh-water eelgrass

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fresh-water eelgrass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tape \Tape\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry,
     Tippet.]
     1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven
        fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied
        with tape.
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     2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve
        as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
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     Red tape. See under Red.
  
     Tape grass (Bot.), a plant (Vallisneria spiralis) with
        long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish
        water; -- called also fresh-water eelgrass, and, in
        Maryland, wild celery.
  
     Tape needle. See Bodkin, n., 4.
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