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eelgrasses

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eel⋅grass

  [eel-gras, -grahs]
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–noun
1. a grasslike marine plant, Zostera marina, having ribbonlike leaves.
2. tape grass.
Origin:
1780–90, Americanism; eel + grass

tape grass

 
–noun
a freshwater plant, Vallisneria spiralis, that has long, ribbonlike leaves and grows under water.
Also called eelgrass, wild celery.

Origin:
1810–20
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eel·grass   (ēl'grās')   
n.  Any of several submersed aquatic plants of the genus Vallisneria. Also called tape grass, wild celery.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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