eelgrass

n.
Any of several submersed aquatic plants of the genus Vallisneria. Also called tape grass, wild celery.

An organic material composed of a dried grass-like sea plant; fabricated as a blanket, usually enclosed by kraft paper; the resulting enclosed air spaces provide resistance to heat flow; has been used as a thermal insulator.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts
  Synonyms: grass wrack, sea wrack, Zostera marina

Meaning #2: submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia
  Synonyms: tape grass, wild celery, Vallisneria spiralis

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ålegræs, bændeltang, valisneria

Nederlands (Dutch)
zeegras

Français (French)
n. - zostère

Deutsch (German)
n. - Seetang

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) ζωστήρ ο θαλάσσιος (είδος φυκιού)

Italiano (Italian)
zostera

Português (Portuguese)
n. - zostera (f) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
зостера

Español (Spanish)
n. - zostera, zostera marina, algas, hierba de mar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sjögräs

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
鳗草

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鰻草

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 거머리말

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アマモ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حشيشه الانقليس ( نبات بحري)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צמח ימי ארך-עלים‬

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