grass-wrack

  • 1Grass wrack — Wrack Wrack, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See {Wreck}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.] Chaucer. A world devote to universal wrack. Milton. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] 2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants… …

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  • 2Grass wrack — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …

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  • 3grass wrack — noun submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts • Syn: ↑eelgrass, ↑sea wrack, ↑Zostera marina • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic plant …

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  • 4grass-wrack — /ˈgras ræk/ (say grahs rak) noun any species of the genus Zostera, a grass like marine flowering plant …

  • 5Wrack grass — Wrack Wrack, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See {Wreck}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.] Chaucer. A world devote to universal wrack. Milton. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] 2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants… …

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  • 6Wrack — Wrack, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See {Wreck}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.] Chaucer. A world devote to universal wrack. Milton. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] 2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the… …

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  • 7Grass — Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the… …

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  • 8Grass bass — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …

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  • 9Grass bird — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …

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  • 10Grass cloth — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …

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