'Eelgrass' definitions:
Definition of 'eelgrass'
(from WordNet)
noun
Submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts [syn: eelgrass, grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina]
noun
Submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia [syn: tape grass, eelgrass, wild celery, Vallisneria spiralis]
Definition of 'Eelgrass'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'eelgrass'
From: GCIDE
- 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]