sea grass

sea grass
noun
1.
a. : a tassel grass (Ruppia maritima)
b. : a plant of the genus Salicornia (especially S. europaea)
c. : thrift 6
d. or sea hay : eelgrass 1; also : its dried stems widely used for stuffing furniture and in making coarse fabrics
2. : any of several seaweeds; especially : a green alga (genus Enteromorpha) that often causes fouling of the bottoms of ships
3. : a cirrus cloud of wavy hairlike elements

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sea grass noun
A grass or grasslike plant growing by or in the sea, eg Enteromorpha, thrift, grasswrack, etc
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Main Entry:sea

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sea grass,
any one of various grasses or grasslike plants that grow in the sea, such as the glasswort and eelgrass.

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