eelgrass Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts
    grass wrack; Zostera marina; sea wrack.
  2. noun submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia
    Vallisneria spiralis; tape grass; wild celery.

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Eel"grass` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.

Webster 1913