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

• 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