eelgrass

English

Etymology

eel +‎ grass

Noun

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 North Atlantic coast
2. Vallisneria spp. in freshwater environments.

Synonyms

(Zostera marina): common eelgrass, seawrack

Translations

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

Maori: karepō, nana, rimurehia
Swedish: bandtång c

Zostera marina

Estonian: pikk merihein
Finnish: meriajokas (fi)

Portuguese: fita-do-mar f
Swedish: ålgräs n, bandtång c

aquatic plant of the genus Vallisneria

Estonian: vallisneeria
Finnish: vallisneria (fi)

Swedish: vallisneria

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

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
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

Glaesers, gearless, largesse, rageless

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.