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Any of various grass-like marine plants that grow underwater in salt water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- seagrass provides a protective environment in which young fish can develop
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seaweed
Etymology tree English sea Proto-Indo-European *ghreh1-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-West Germanic *gras Old English græs Middle English gras English grass English seagrass From sea + grass.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
نجيل بحري
— grasslike marine plants
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Belarusian:
марскія травы
(marskija travy)
— grasslike marine plants
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Cebuano:
lusay
— grasslike marine plants
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Chinese Mandarin:
海草
(hǎicǎo)
— grasslike marine plants
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Finnish:
meriheinä
— grasslike marine plants
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Finnish:
meriruoho
— grasslike marine plants
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French:
herbier marin
— grasslike marine plants
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French:
posidonie
— grasslike marine plants
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Galician:
ceba
— grasslike marine plants
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Galician:
xebra
— grasslike marine plants
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Georgian:
ზღვის მცენარეულობა
(zɣvis mcenareuloba)
— grasslike marine plants
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German:
Seegras
— grasslike marine plants
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Greek:
θαλάσσια φανερόγαμα
(thalássia fanerógama)
— grasslike marine plants
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Hindi:
सागरघास
(sāgarghās)
— grasslike marine plants
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Indonesian:
lamun
— grasslike marine plants
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Ingrian:
meriheinä
— grasslike marine plants
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Japanese:
海草
(kaisō)
— grasslike marine plants
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Japanese:
海草
(umikusa)
— grasslike marine plants
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Korean:
해초
(haecho)
— grasslike marine plants
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Latin:
gramen maritimum
— grasslike marine plants
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Malayalam:
കടൽപ്പുല്ല്
(kaṭalppullŭ)
— grasslike marine plants
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Māori:
rimurehia
— grasslike marine plants
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Māori:
karepō
— grasslike marine plants
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Māori:
nana
— grasslike marine plants
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Mokilese:
lahd
— grasslike marine plants
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Mokilese:
walahd
— grasslike marine plants
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Norwegian Bokmål:
sjøgress
— grasslike marine plants
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Persian:
علف دریایی
— grasslike marine plants
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Polish:
trawa morska
— grasslike marine plants
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Portuguese:
erva marinha
— grasslike marine plants
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Russian:
морские травы
(morskije travy)
— grasslike marine plants
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Sikaiana:
limu
— grasslike marine plants
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Slovene:
morska trava
— grasslike marine plants
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Spanish:
pradera marina
— grasslike marine plants
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Swedish:
sjögräs
— grasslike marine plants
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Thai:
หญ้าทะเล
(yâa-tá-lee)
— grasslike marine plants
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Turkish:
deniz çayırı
— grasslike marine plants
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Vietnamese:
cỏ biển
— grasslike marine plants
