sea wrack
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sea wrack
n.
Seaweed that has been cast ashore.
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sea wrack
n
(Plants) any of various seaweeds found on the shore, esp any of the larger species
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sea′ wrack`
n.
seaweed or a growth of seaweed, esp. of the larger kinds cast up on the shore.
[1540–50]
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| Noun | 1. |  sea wrack - submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coastsgenus Zostera, Zostera - (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants 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 |
| 2. | sea wrack - growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp seaweed - plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae |
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