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ZOSTERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants
Synonyms:
genus Zostera; Zostera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Zostera" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Zostera"):
eelgrass; grass wrack; sea wrack; Zostera marina (submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts)
Holonyms ("Zostera" is a member of...):
family Potamogetonaceae; pondweed family; Potamogetonaceae (plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae)