'Vallisneria spiralis' definitions:
Definition of 'Vallisneria spiralis'
From: WordNet
noun
Submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia [syn: tape grass, eelgrass, wild celery, Vallisneria spiralis]
Definition of 'Vallisneria spiralis'
From: GCIDE
- Tape \Tape\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry, Tippet.]
- 1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. [1913 Webster]
- Red tape. See under Red.
- Tape grass (Bot.), a plant (Vallisneria spiralis) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fresh-water eelgrass, and, in Maryland, wild celery.
- Tape needle. See Bodkin, n., 4. [1913 Webster]