Grass Wrack (Noun)
Meaning
Submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The beach was littered with seaweed, including large quantities of grass wrack that had washed up in the tide.
- The salt marsh was dominated by grass wrack, which provided a habitat for various marine invertebrates.
- Grass wrack swayed gently in the current, its long narrow leaves waving like a green canopy.
- Researchers studied the effects of ocean acidification on grass wrack, a common submerged marine plant in the North Atlantic.
- As the tide went out, the grass wrack was exposed, revealing a vast expanse of slimy, greenish-brown leaves.