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Sea wrack   /si ræk/   Listen
Sea wrack

noun
1.
Submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts.  Synonyms: eelgrass, grass wrack, Zostera marina.
2.
Growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp.  Synonym: wrack.






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"Sea wrack" Quotes from Famous Books



... regions black with the fumes of sulphur. He trudged across burning lava on which his feet left their imprint; he had the appearance of a desperately dogged traveller. He penetrated into gloomy caverns into which the water of the ocean oozed drop by drop, and flowed like tears along the sea wrack, forming pools on the uneven ground where countless crustaceans increased and multiplied into hideous shapes. Enormous crabs, crayfish, giant lobsters and sea spiders crackled under the dwarfs feet, then crawled ...
— Honey-Bee - 1911 • Anatole France

... Dawn came weeping forth, and on the crest Of Ida faced a chill wind from the West. Forth from the gray sea wrack-laden it blew And howled among the towers, and stronger grew As crept unseen the sun his path of light. Then she who in the temple all that night Had kept her rueful watch, the prophetess Kassandra, peering sharply, ...
— Helen Redeemed and Other Poems • Maurice Hewlett

... both oars hard, missed the water with his right and fell backwards to the bottom of the boat. His two feet stuck up ridiculously. Priscilla laughed. The boat, swept forward by the tide, grounded softly on the sea wrack which ...
— Priscilla's Spies 1912 • George A. Birmingham



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