tape grass

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tape grass
    n 1: submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World
         and Australia [syn: {tape grass}, {eelgrass}, {wild
         celery}, {Vallisneria spiralis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tape \Tape\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppe a fillet. Cf. {Tapestry},
   {Tippet}.]
   1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven
      fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied
      with tape.
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   2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve
      as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
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   {Red tape}. See under {Red}.

   {Tape grass} (Bot.), a plant ({Vallisneria spiralis}) with
      long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish
      water; -- called also {fresh-water eelgrass}, and, in
      Maryland, {wild celery}.

   {Tape needle}. See {Bodkin}, n., 4.
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