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Definition of Tape grass
1. Noun. Submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia.
Group relationships: Genus Vallisneria, Vallisneria
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Plant, Hydrophyte, Hydrophytic Plant, Water Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tape Grass
Literary usage of Tape grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... 2600 working oxen, 4104 other cattle, 81108 sheep, and 688 swine; 2 flour
mills, and 1 quartz mill. Capital, Fernandez de Taos. tape grass. ..."
2. The Mysteries of the Flowers by Herbert Waldron Faulkner (1917)
"... is an exception to the general rule of that family in that the staminate
flowers grow on one plant and the pistillate on another. EEL GRASS; tape grass— ..."
3. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"V. spiralis L. Tape-grass. Eel-grass. Ann Arbor, Winch. Cat.; S. Haven, Bailey;
Hubbardston, to Petoskey; Lake Superior, Agassiz. Slow streams. ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"About 4 species of aquatic plants, including the well-known Eel-grass or Tape-grass.
This is found in fresh water all over the world. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"VALLISNERIA, the typical genus of the tape-grass family. It is composed of aquatic
plants, ... being the tape-grass or eel- grass ..."
6. Michigan Flora: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by William James Beal (1904)
"V. spiralis L. Tape-grass. Eel-grass. Ann Arbor, Winch. Cat.; S. Haven, Bailey;
Hubbardston, to Petoskey; Lake Superior, Agassiz. Slow streams. ..."
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