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SEA WRACK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp

Synonyms:

sea wrack; wrack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sea wrack" is a kind of...):

seaweed (plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts

Synonyms:

eelgrass; grass wrack; sea wrack; Zostera marina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sea wrack" is a kind of...):

aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)

Holonyms ("sea wrack" is a member of...):

genus Zostera; Zostera ((or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants)

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