seagrass

seagrass
Any of various grass-like marine plants that grow underwater in salt water.

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  • Seagrass — Taxobox name = Seagrass image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = AlismatalesSeagrasses (or sea grasses in British English) are flowering plants from one of four plant families (Posidoniaceae,… …   Wikipedia

  • seagrass — /ˈsigras / (say seegrahs) noun any of various marine plants of temperate seas, as eelgrass, strapweed or paddleweed. Seagrasses are flowering plants, and not algae as is seaweed. Like terrestrial plants, seagrasses have roots, leaves, flowers and …  

  • seagrass — UK [ˈsiːˌɡrɑːs] / US [ˈsɪˌɡræs] noun Word forms seagrass : singular seagrass plural seagrasses 1) [countable/uncountable] a type of plant with very long roots that live under the sea, usually in water that is not very deep 2) [uncountable] a type …   English dictionary

  • seagrass — sea|grass [ si,græs ] noun 1. ) count or uncount a type of plant with very long roots that live under the sea, usually in water that is not very deep 2. ) uncount a type of carpet made from seagrass …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • seagrass — noun any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds seagrass provides a protective environment in which young fish can develop • Hypernyms: ↑seaweed …   Useful english dictionary

  • SeaGrass Villa Posada Nativa — (Сан Андрес,Колумбия) Категория отеля: Адрес: I 01 1 99, 880001 Сан Ан …   Каталог отелей

  • seagrass matting — /sigras ˈmætɪŋ/ (say seegrahs mating) noun matting made using various seagrass fibres woven tightly together. Also, Vietnamese matting …  

  • seagrass meadow — /sigras ˈmɛdoʊ/ (say seegrahs medoh) noun a large area of seagrass on which marine animals, such as the dugong, graze …  

  • seagrass — noun eelgrass or a similar grass like plant that grows near the sea …   English new terms dictionary

  • Wooramel Seagrass Bank — is a large deposit of carbonate sediment, a sand bank, formed by diverse communities of seagrasses off the coast of Carnarvon, Western Australia. The mattes of seagrass meadows and stands consolidate a shallow platform of sandy substrate by… …   Wikipedia

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