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Sea wrack   /si ræk/   Listen
Sea wrack

noun
1.
Submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts.  Synonyms: eelgrass, grass wrack, Zostera marina.
2.
Growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp.  Synonym: wrack.





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"Sea wrack" Quotes from Famous Books



... regions black with the fumes of sulphur. He trudged across burning lava on which his feet left their imprint; he had the appearance of a desperately dogged traveller. He penetrated into gloomy caverns into which the water of the ocean oozed drop by drop, and flowed like tears along the sea wrack, forming pools on the uneven ground where countless crustaceans increased and multiplied into hideous shapes. Enormous crabs, crayfish, giant lobsters and sea spiders crackled under the dwarfs feet, then crawled away leaving ...
— Honey-Bee - 1911 • Anatole France
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Words linked to "Sea wrack" :   eelgrass, water plant, genus Zostera, wrack, Zostera, seaweed, hydrophytic plant, hydrophyte, aquatic plant


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