seagrass

American  

[see-gras] / ˈsiˌgræs /

noun

1. any of various marine or freshwater plants such as eelgrass or tape grass, growing underwater in the shallows and having leaves that resemble long blades of grass.

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Example Sentences

These events are short-lived but intense periods of underwater darkness that can seriously disrupt kelp forests, seagrass meadows, and other marine organisms that depend on light to survive.

From Science Daily

As they feed on seaweed and seagrass, they trim back algae and help protect slow-growing species such as corals and certain calcifying algae.

From Science Daily

Rising temperatures and increasing salinity place further pressures on the seagrass meadows that dugongs depend on.

From Science Daily

You can add Burnblock to other building materials, he says, including dried seagrass.

From BBC

She was marching across a wide sandy plain, dotted with boulders and seagrass.

From Literature