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Princeton's WordNet

  1. seagrassnoun

    any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds

    "seagrass provides a protective environment in which young fish can develop"

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  1. seagrassnoun

    Any of various grass-like marine plants that grow underwater in salt water.

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  1. Seagrass

    Seagrasses are the only flowering plants which grow in marine environments. There are about 60 species of fully marine seagrasses which belong to four families (Posidoniaceae, Zosteraceae, Hydrocharitaceae and Cymodoceaceae), all in the order Alismatales (in the clade of monocotyledons). Seagrasses evolved from terrestrial plants which recolonised the ocean 70 to 100 million years ago. The name seagrass stems from the many species with long and narrow leaves, which grow by rhizome extension and often spread across large "meadows" resembling grassland; many species superficially resemble terrestrial grasses of the family Poaceae. Like all autotrophic plants, seagrasses photosynthesize, in the submerged photic zone, and most occur in shallow and sheltered coastal waters anchored in sand or mud bottoms. Most species undergo submarine pollination and complete their life cycle underwater. While it was previously believed this pollination was carried out without pollinators and purely by sea current drift, this has been shown to be false for at least one species, Thalassia testudinum, which carries out a mixed biotic-abiotic strategy. Crustaceans (such as crabs, Majidae zoae, Thalassinidea zoea) and syllid polychaete worm larvae have both been found with pollen grains, the plant producing nutritious mucigenous clumps of pollen to attract and stick to them instead of nectar as terrestrial flowers do.Seagrasses form dense underwater seagrass meadows which are among the most productive ecosystems in the world. They function as important carbon sinks and provide habitats and food for a diversity of marine life comparable to that of coral reefs.

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  1. seagrass

    Seagrass is a type of underwater plant that grows in saltwater environments such as oceans, bays, and lagoons. They are called 'seagrasses' because the leaves are long and narrow and are very often green, and because the plants often grow in large 'meadows' that look like grasslands. They are submerged flowering plants with roots, stems, and leaves, and are capable of conducting photosynthesis. Seagrasses play a necessary role in marine ecosystems by providing habitats and food for a wide range of marine animals, improving water quality and helping to counteract climate change by capturing carbon in their leaves and roots.

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  1. Seagrass

    Seagrasses are flowering plants from one of four plant families, all in the order Alismatales, which grow in marine, fully saline environments.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of seagrass in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of seagrass in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of seagrass in a Sentence

  1. Holly Greening:

    The seagrass has been such a primary focus because it brings in so many aspects.

  2. Allison Caccoma:

    You can go with a seagrass rug instead of a wool rug and still have a wonderful room.

  3. Yoshi Tsukakoshi:

    Some fishers think the turtles eat all the seagrass before it grows and that prevents the fish from spawning in the area.

  4. Samantha Leigh:

    We have always thought of sharks as strict carnivores, but the bonnethead is throwing a wrench into that idea by digesting a fair amount of the seagrass that they consume.

  5. Samantha Leigh:

    In an ecological context, we also need to evaluate the role that this highly abundant shark plays in crucial and fragile seagrass meadow ecosystems so that we can be sure to effective manage these habitats.

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