SEA WRACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea wrack mean? 

• SEA WRACK (noun)
  The noun SEA WRACK has 2 senses:

1. submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts

2. growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp

  Familiarity information: SEA WRACK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA WRACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

eelgrass; grass wrack; sea wrack; Zostera marina

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sea wrack; wrack

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

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