genus zostera

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

hypernym	:	liliopsid genus, monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	eelgrass, grass wrack, sea wrack, zostera marina,
definition	:	submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family potamogetonaceae, pondweed family, potamogetonaceae,
definition	:	plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae (noun.plant)