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Eelgrass meaning

  1. Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
  2. Zostera spp. in marine environments

Synonyms of Eelgrass

aquatic plant water plant hydrophyte hydrophytic plant wild celery tape grass zostera marina sea wrack grass wrack vallisneria spiralis

Related words

Other words often associated with Eelgrass or its synonyms:

herb wrack seaweed

Using Eelgrass

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves | Zostera spp. in marine environments | Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
  • Useful related words include: aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant.

Context around Eelgrass

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

serves 1× shoots 1×

Sentence patterns with Eelgrass

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

eelgrass is a 1× eelgrass serves as 1× washers on eelgrass shoots 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a group of 1× eelgrass is a 1× eelgrass serves as 1×

Common sentence endings:

on eelgrass shoots 1× other sportfish feed 1× vast carbon sink 1×

Words around Eelgrass

Just before it in the word index:

eelection 2 eelco 6 eelam 12 eela 5 eel 109 eek 12

Just after it in the word index:

eeli 4 eeling 2 eelk 3 eelpout 3 eels 102 eelv 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Eelgrass

  • In this selection, "eelgrass" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, serves and shoots stand out and add context to how "eelgrass" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include eelgrass is a and eelgrass serves as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "eelgrass" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with eelgrass

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A group of volunteers in Tuwanek placing metal washers on eelgrass shoots. (12 words)

Eelgrass is a vital habitat for creatures such as seahorses and pipefish and a nursery for juvenile fish, but critically it is also a vast carbon sink. (27 words)

Eelgrass serves as a vital habit for a broad range of marine life, including bay scallops, while river herring are a “foundation fish,” an important part of the bay’s ecosystem on which striped bass, bluefish and other sportfish feed. (40 words)

Longer example sentences

Eelgrass serves as a vital habit for a broad range of marine life, including bay scallops, while river herring are a “foundation fish,” an important part of the bay’s ecosystem on which striped bass, bluefish and other sportfish feed. (40 words)

Eelgrass is a vital habitat for creatures such as seahorses and pipefish and a nursery for juvenile fish, but critically it is also a vast carbon sink. (27 words)

A group of volunteers in Tuwanek placing metal washers on eelgrass shoots. (12 words)

Example sentences (3)

Eelgrass is a vital habitat for creatures such as seahorses and pipefish and a nursery for juvenile fish, but critically it is also a vast carbon sink.

Eelgrass serves as a vital habit for a broad range of marine life, including bay scallops, while river herring are a “foundation fish,” an important part of the bay’s ecosystem on which striped bass, bluefish and other sportfish feed.

A group of volunteers in Tuwanek placing metal washers on eelgrass shoots.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "eelgrass" in a sentence?
An example: "Eelgrass is a vital habitat for creatures such as seahorses and pipefish and a nursery for juvenile fish, but critically it is also a vast carbon sink." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "eelgrass" from authentic English texts.
What does "eelgrass" mean?
Eelgrass means: Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
What are synonyms of "eelgrass"?
Common synonyms of "eelgrass" include: aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, wild celery, tape grass, zostera marina, sea wrack. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "eelgrass" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "eelgrass", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.