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ZOSTERA

• ZOSTERA (noun)
The noun ZOSTERA has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: ZOSTERA used as a noun is very rare.

• ZOSTERA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Zostera; Zostera

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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