A grasslike plant that lives in or close to the sea, especially eelgrass.
海草；海藻（尤指大叶藻）
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.
海草；海藻（尤指大叶藻）
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.