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单词 seagrass
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Definition of seagrass in English:

seagrass

nounˈsiːɡrɑːsˈsēɡras
mass noun
  • A grasslike plant that lives in or close to the sea, especially eelgrass.

    Genera Cymodocea (family Cymodoceaceae), Zostera (family Zosteraceae), and others

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Populations of marine angiosperms, or seagrasses, are at the basis of productive ecosystems thriving in shallow coastal areas around the world.
    • Autecological studies on seagrasses have documented that seagrass distribution is strongly related to physiology and growth characteristics, including water depth and salinity zonation.
    • The nutrient-enriched water causes an explosive growth of tiny plants and animals that coat the leaves of the seagrasses.
    • Some are herbivores, grazing on the filamentous algae covering coral reefs, and a few eat seagrasses and algae on reef flats.
    • The next phase of decline is the sudden collapse of ‘architectural ‘species such as kelp, oysters, reef corals, giant sponges, and seagrasses.
 
 

Definition of seagrass in US English:

seagrass

nounˈsēɡras
  • A grasslike plant that lives in or close to the sea, especially eelgrass.

    Genera Cymodocea (family Cymodoceaceae), Zostera (family Zosteraceae), and others

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some are herbivores, grazing on the filamentous algae covering coral reefs, and a few eat seagrasses and algae on reef flats.
    • The nutrient-enriched water causes an explosive growth of tiny plants and animals that coat the leaves of the seagrasses.
    • Populations of marine angiosperms, or seagrasses, are at the basis of productive ecosystems thriving in shallow coastal areas around the world.
    • Autecological studies on seagrasses have documented that seagrass distribution is strongly related to physiology and growth characteristics, including water depth and salinity zonation.
    • The next phase of decline is the sudden collapse of ‘architectural ‘species such as kelp, oysters, reef corals, giant sponges, and seagrasses.
 
 
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