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    ZOSTERA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    genus Zostera; Zostera

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

    Meronyms (members of "Zostera"):

    eelgrass; grass wrack; sea wrack; Zostera marina (submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts)

    Holonyms ("Zostera" is a member of...):

    family Potamogetonaceae; pondweed family; Potamogetonaceae (plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae)

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