ZOSTERA

Zostera, genus Zostera

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Zos"te*ra, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of plants of the Naiadaceæ, or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HUDDLED

(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”


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