zostera

WORDNET DICTIONARY

zostera(n = noun.plant) genus zostera - (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants; Array

is a kind of liliopsid genus, monocot genus

is a member of family potamogetonaceae, pondweed family, potamogetonaceae

zostera, n. [NL.].

A genus of plants of the Naiadaceæ, or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass. [1913 Webster]