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Meanings of tape grass in English

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Submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia.

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        Examples for "eelgrass"
        Examples for "eelgrass"
        1
        And that's a fluke, over there by the eelgrass, the flatfish.'
        Amagansett
        2
        The eelgrass was still dying back and the scallops had been down that winter.
        Amagansett
        3
        Young lobsters have also been found in eelgrass and on sandy bottoms in shallow water.
        The Lobster Fishery of Maine / Bulletin of the United States Fis...
        4
        Your mattress was made from the ocean's softest eelgrass.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
        5
        Sightings of the short-snouted seahorse are rare due to its slow movement and camouflage among eelgrass beds.
        The Guardian
        1
        Their horses stood each by his own chariot, champing lotus and wild celery.
        The Iliad
        2
        The different vegetables met with were scurvy grass, wild celery, spinach, endive, and samphire.
        The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay / With an Account o...
        3
        The lagoon abounded with wild fowl, and we found wild celery, mussels, and limpets in plenty.
        A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
        4
        The bushes acted as a sail, and I was soon drifted down among the plants of the wild celery.
        The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
        5
        A pretty stream, fed by a hot spring, struggles past through thick beds of wild celery and cow parsley.
        Full Circle
        Usage of tape grass in English
        1
        Other good kinds are hornwort, water starwort, tape grass, water poppy, milfoil, willow moss, and floating plants like duckweed.
        Outdoor Sports and Games