sea wrack

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sea wrack - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea wrack \Sea" wrack`\ (Bot.)
     See Wrack.
     [1913 Webster]

  Zostera \Zos"te*ra\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family.
     Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and
     eelgrass.
     [1913 Webster]

sea wrack - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sea wrack
      n 1: submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found
           in abundance along North Atlantic coasts [syn: eelgrass,
           grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina]
      2: growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms
         such as rockweeds and kelp [syn: sea wrack, wrack]