eelgrass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
  2. Zostera spp. in marine environments
  3. especially Zostera marina, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the coasts of the Northern Hemisphere.
  4. Vallisneria spp. in freshwater environments.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eelgrass.wav

Word forms

eelgrass eelgrasses

Etymology

From eel + grass.

Synonyms

common eelgrass seawrack

Derived words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.