SEAGRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seagrass mean? 

• SEAGRASS (noun)
  The noun SEAGRASS has 1 sense:

1. any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds

  Familiarity information: SEAGRASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEAGRASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Context example:

seagrass provides a protective environment in which young fish can develop

Hypernyms ("seagrass" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Seagrasses are important nurseries for marine life and help protect coasts from storms and sea level rise.

(Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

Per unit area, seagrass meadows can store up to twice as much carbon as the world's temperate and tropical forests.

(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)

The scientists are also testing whether other at-risk ecosystems — such as seagrass meadows and coral reefs — may be similarly protected by mutualistic relationships between keystone species.

(Biodiversity in salt marshes builds climate resilience, NSF)

These bacteria play a crucial role in the clams' survival, while contributing to the overall health of the seagrasses in which the clams live.

(Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

Sharks, it turns out, are one of the seagrasses' best allies in the fight to survive.

(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)

Normally, when seagrass decomposes, sulfide is produced and is toxic to clams.

(Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

Scientists and policymakers are just beginning to understand the global importance of coastal seagrass habitats.

(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)

The new findings have important implications for fisheries and lobster farming, which require healthy coastal ecosystems, including seagrass beds, to thrive.

(Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

The same could be said of the sharks, that in effect guard those seagrasses.

(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)

For millions of years, symbiotic bacteria have lived inside the gills of Lucinidae clams found in seagrass meadows located along tropical coasts, such as the Florida Keys.

(Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems, National Science Foundation)