"seagrass" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-seagrass.wav Forms: seagrasses [plural]
Etymology: sea + grass Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sea|grass}} sea + grass Head templates: {{en-noun}} seagrass (plural seagrasses)
  1. Any of various grass-like marine plants that grow underwater in salt water. Categories (lifeform): Alismatales order plants Translations (grasslike marine plants): نجيل بحري (Arabic), марскія травы (marskija travy) (Belarusian), 海草 (hǎicǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), meriheinä (Finnish), meriruoho (Finnish), herbier marin [masculine] (French), posidonie [feminine] (French), ceba [feminine] (Galician), xebra [feminine] (Galician), ზღვის მცენარეულობა (zɣvis mcenareuloba) (Georgian), Seegras [neuter] (German), θαλάσσια φανερόγαμα (thalássia fanerógama) (Greek), सागरघास (sāgarghās) (Hindi), lamun (Indonesian), meriheinä (Ingrian), 海草 (kaisō) (alt: かいそう) (Japanese), 해초 (haecho) (Korean), gramen maritimum (Latin), കടൽപ്പുല്ല് (kaṭalppullŭ) (Malayalam), rimurehia (Maori), karepō (Maori), nana (Maori), lahd (Mokilese), walahd (Mokilese), sjøgress [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), علف دریایی (Persian), trawa morska [feminine] (Polish), erva marinha [feminine] (Portuguese), морские травы (morskije travy) (Russian), limu (Sikaiana), morska trava [feminine] (Slovene), pradera marina [feminine] (Spanish), sjögräs (Swedish), หญ้าทะเล (yâa-tá-lee) (Thai), deniz çayırı (Turkish), cỏ biển (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "grasslike marine plants",
      "word": "علف دریایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grasslike marine plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trawa morska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grasslike marine plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erva marinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "morskije travy",
      "sense": "grasslike marine plants",
      "word": "морские травы"
    },
    {
      "code": "sky",
      "lang": "Sikaiana",
      "sense": "grasslike marine plants",
      "word": "limu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "grasslike marine plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morska trava"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "grasslike marine plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pradera marina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grasslike marine plants",
      "word": "sjögräs"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yâa-tá-lee",
      "sense": "grasslike marine plants",
      "word": "หญ้าทะเล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "grasslike marine plants",
      "word": "deniz çayırı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "grasslike marine plants",
      "word": "cỏ biển"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seagrass"
}

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