eelgrass

English

Etymology

From eel +‎ grass.

Noun

eelgrass (countable and uncountable, plural eelgrasses)

1. Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
   1. Zostera spp. in marine environments
      1. especially Zostera marina, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the coasts of the Northern Hemisphere.
   2. Vallisneria spp. in freshwater environments.

Synonyms

• (Zostera marina): common eelgrass, seawrack

Translations

marine plant of the genus Zostera

Estonian: merihein Finnish: ajokas (fi) Irish: (please verify) meilsceánach m, (please verify) miléarach f, (please verify) feamainn mheilsceánach f Kazakh: теңізшөп (teñızşöp) Maori: karepō, nana, rimurehia Scottish Gaelic: milearach m Swedish: bandtång c

Zostera marina

Danish: ålegræs (da) n, bændeltang c Estonian: pikk merihein Finnish: meriajokas (fi) Japanese: 甘藻 (amamo) Ottoman Turkish: كتانجك (katancık) Portuguese: fita-do-mar f Scottish Gaelic: bilearach-coitcheann m Swedish: ålgräs n, bandtång c

aquatic plant of the genus Vallisneria

Estonian: vallisneeria Finnish: vallisneria (fi) Swedish: vallisneria

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Danish: (please verify) almindelig bændeltang Dutch: (please verify) groot zeegras (nl) French: (please verify) zostère marine German: (please verify) Gewöhnliches Seegras n Hungarian: (please verify) közönséges tengerifű (hu) Kashubian: (please verify) mòrskô czidzëna Lithuanian: (please verify) jūrinis andras Maori: (please verify) nana, karepō North Frisian: (please verify) gewöönelk siagäärs Norwegian: (please verify) ålegras Upper Sorbian: (please verify) prawa mórska rězna Welsh: (please verify) gwellt y gamlas m, (please verify) glasnoden y môr f, (please verify) ysnoden laswerdd y môr f

Further reading

• “eelgrass”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• eelgrass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Glaesers, gearless, largesse, rageless