sea grass

noun

a. : a tassel grass (Ruppia maritima)

b. : a plant of the genus Salicornia (especially S. europaea)

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.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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