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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Zostera \Zos"te*ra\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the {Naiadace[ae]}, or Pondweed family. {Zostera marina} is commonly known as {sea wrack}, and {eelgrass}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Eelgrass \Eel"grass`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Zostera marina}), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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