- sea grass
- noun
1.a. : a tassel grass (Ruppia maritima)b. : a plant of the genus Salicornia (especially S. europaea)c. : thrift 6d. or sea hay : eelgrass 1; also : its dried stems widely used for stuffing furniture and in making coarse fabrics2. : any of several seaweeds; especially : a green alga (genus Enteromorpha) that often causes fouling of the bottoms of ships3. : a cirrus cloud of wavy hairlike elements
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sea grass nounA grass or grasslike plant growing by or in the sea, eg Enteromorpha, thrift, grasswrack, etc• • •Main Entry: ↑sea* * *
sea grass,any one of various grasses or grasslike plants that grow in the sea, such as the glasswort and eelgrass.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.