sea wrack

noun

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

• Syn: ↑eelgrass, ↑grass wrack, ↑Zostera marina

• Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Zostera, ↑genus Zostera

2. growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp

• Syn: ↑wrack

• Hypernyms: ↑seaweed

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noun

1.

a. : a growth of seaweed especially of the large forms (as rockweeds and kelps)

b. : a plant (as the bladder wrack) that tends to form large sea wracks

2. : eelgrass 1

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seaweed or a growth of seaweed, esp. of the larger kinds cast up on the shore.

[1540-50]

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sea wrack noun

1. Coarse seaweeds of any kind

2. Grasswrack

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Main Entry: ↑sea

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sea wrack,

seaweed, especially any of the large, coarse kinds cast upon the shore.