eelgrass (n.)

  1. submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts

    [ Syn: grass wrack , sea wrack , zostera marina ]

  2. submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia

    [ Syn: tape grass , wild celery , vallisneria spiralis ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.