zostera marina

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zostera marina - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  Eelgrass \Eel"grass`\, n. (Bot.)
     A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves,
     growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic
     coast.
     [1913 Webster]

zostera marina - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Zostera marina
      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]