noun
- a submerged marine flowering plant with long narrow leaves that grows in shallow coastal waters
Usage: botanical
Examples
- Eelgrass beds provide important habitat for young fish and shellfish.
- The shallow bay was filled with swaying eelgrass meadows.
- Marine biologists study eelgrass as a key coastal ecosystem species.
- Pollution has caused significant decline in eelgrass populations.
- Sea turtles often graze on eelgrass in coastal waters.
- The eelgrass helps prevent erosion along the shoreline.