eelgrass

English edit

Etymology edit

From eel +‎ grass.

Noun edit

eelgrass (countable and uncountable, plural eelgrasses)

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 edit

(Zostera marina): common eelgrass, seawrack

Translations edit

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)
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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Translations to be checked‌: "plant"

Danish: ^{(please verify)} almindelig bændeltang
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} groot zeegras
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

Anagrams edit

Glaesers, gearless, largesse, rageless