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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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Fish swim around seagrass, penguins gather above, an ice dancer twirls around them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

When Mr. Haskell turns his lens on seagrass flowers, we glimpse organisms marvelously adapted to their watery environment, petals miniaturized into “scalelike shields,” with fruit and seeds protected as if in a bathyscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

There are also about 100 species of corals which, together with mangroves and seagrass beds, form essential breeding and nursery grounds for fish and crustaceans.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

It found that direct injection of seeds into the seabed, along with the transplanting of small intact patches of seagrass had delivered the best results.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

When I got to the edge where the seagrass met the water, I stopped.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

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