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Eelgrass

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sea wracknoungrowth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
tape grassnounsubmerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; old world and australia
wild celerynounGarden angelica (Angelica archangelica)
grass wracknounsubmerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along north atlantic coasts
vallisneria spiralisVallisneria spiralis, also known as straight vallisneria, tape grass, or eel grass is a common aquarium plant that prefers good light and a nutrient rich substrate.
zostera marinaa flowering vascular plant species as one of many kinds of seagrass, with this species known primarily by the English name of eelgrass with seawrack much less used, and refers to the plant after breaking loose from the submerged wetland soil, and drifting free with ocean current and waves to a coast seashore.

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grass wracknounsubmerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along north atlantic coasts
sea wracknoungrowth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
tape grassnounsubmerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; old world and australia
vallisneria spiralisVallisneria spiralis, also known as straight vallisneria, tape grass, or eel grass is a common aquarium plant that prefers good light and a nutrient rich substrate.
wild celerynounGarden angelica (Angelica archangelica)
zostera marinaa flowering vascular plant species as one of many kinds of seagrass, with this species known primarily by the English name of eelgrass with seawrack much less used, and refers to the plant after breaking loose from the submerged wetland soil, and drifting free with ocean current and waves to a coast seashore.
seagrassnounAny of various grass-like marine plants that grow underwater in salt water.
mossnounAny of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).
grassnoun(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
moussenounA styling cream used for hair.
foamnounA substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
frothnounFoam.
watergrassnounAny of various grasses in the genus Echinochloa that are capable of growing in water.
arrowgrassnounAny of various grass-like plants of the genus Triglochin.
hairgrassnounAny of various grasses thought to resemble hair, including those of genera Aira, Deschampsia, Koeleria, and others.
needlegrassnounAny of several genera of Poaceae grasses:
matweednounAny of several maritime grasses.
tapegrassnounAny of various aquatic flowering plants in the Hydrocharitaceae family.
star grassnounCynodon and Chloris spp., grasses in the subtribe Eleusininae of the Poaceae, especially Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon.
cordgrassnounAny of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.

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