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‖ zostera Bot.|zɒˈstɪərə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus), f. Gr. ζωστήρ: see zoster and -a1. So called from its long leaves.]
A marine plant of the genus so named, esp. grasswrack, Z. marina.
1819Lindley tr. Richard's Obs. Fruits & Seeds 54 The kernel of Zostera is an oblong oval. 1855Kingsley Glaucus 57 The delicate green ribbons of the Zostera (the only English flowering plant which grows beneath the sea). 1858Phytologist Nov. 601 The thin line of dry Zostera to be met with at high-water mark. 1865Mrs. L. L. Clarke Common Seaweeds ii. 30, I have found it often in Zostera beds at low tide. |