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sea wrack
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Princeton's WordNet
eelgrass, grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marinanoun
submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts
sea wrack, wracknoun
growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
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sea wrack
Wrack is part of the common names of several species of seaweed in the family Fucaceae. It may also refer more generally to any seaweeds or seagrasses that wash up on beaches and may accumulate in the wrack zone.It consists largely of species of Fucus — brown seaweeds with flat branched ribbon-like fronds, characterized in F. serratus by a saw-toothed margin and in F. vesiculosus, another common species, by bearing air-bladders. Another component of sea wrack may be seagrasses such as Zostera marina a marine flowering plant with bright green long narrow grass-like leaves. Posidonia australis, which occurs sub-tidally on the southern coasts of Australia, sheds its older ribbon-like leaf blades in winter, resulting in thick accumulations along more sheltered shorelines. "Bladder wrack", Fucus vesiculosus "Channelled wrack", Pelvetia canaliculata "Knotted wrack", Ascophyllum nodosum "Spiral wrack" or "flat wrack", Fucus spiralis "Toothed wrack" or "serrated wrack", Fucus serratusHistorically wrack was used for making manure, and for making "kelp", a form of potash. The word's origin is possibly from M Dutch 'wrak', from its root - to push, to shove, to drive. In the case of seaweed, its sense is in a possible derivation of the word wreck - cast up on shore.
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sea wrack
Sea wrack refers to various types of seaweed, marine plants, or marine debris that have been washed up onto the shore or beach by the movement of tides and waves. It often forms a line or heap along the high tide mark. Some common types of sea wrack include bladder wrack, wrack seaweed, and egg wrack.
Webster Dictionary
Sea wrack
see Wrack
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sea wrack in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sea wrack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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