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PRONUNCIATION OF TAPE GRASS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAPE GRASS

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Tape grass is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TAPE GRASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tape grass

Hydrocharitaceae

Hydrocharitaceae is a flowering plant family that includes a number of species of aquatic plant, broadly called the tape-grasses, and includes the well known Canadian waterweed and frogbit. The family includes both fresh and marine aquatics, although of the seventeen species currently recognised only three are marine. They are found throughout the world in a wide variety of habitats, but are primarily tropical.

Definition of tape grass in the English dictionary

The definition of tape grass in the dictionary is any of several submerged freshwater plants of the genus Vallisneria, esp V. spiralis, of warm temperate regions, having ribbon-like leaves: family Hydrocharitaceae.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAPE GRASS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE TAPE GRASS

beargrass
bent grass
Bermuda grass
bluegrass
brass
buffalo grass
cutting grass
get off the grass
grass
Greengrass
Kentucky bluegrass
lemon grass
meadow grass
pampas grass
rye-grass
snake in the grass
supergrass
switchgrass
tallgrass
turfgrass
wheatgrass

Synonyms and antonyms of tape grass in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «tape grass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAPE GRASS

Find out the translation of tape grass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tape grass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tape grass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

带草
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hierba cinta
570 millions of speakers

English

tape grass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टेप घास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشريط العشب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лента трава
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fita grama
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টেপ ঘাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bande herbe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pita rumput
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Band Gras
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テープ草
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

테이프 잔디
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tape suket
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cỏ băng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டேப் புல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेप गवत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bant otu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nastro erba
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

taśmy trawa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стрічка трава
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bandă iarbă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γρασίδι ταινία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

band gras
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tejp gräs
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tape gress
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tape grass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAPE GRASS»

The term «tape grass» is used very little and occupies the 189.849 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAPE GRASS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tape grass

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAPE GRASS»

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BSCS Biology
The tape grass that is eaten by a turtle is then not available to be eaten by a snail. In the same way, tape grass eaten by a snail cannot be eaten by a turtle. Therefore, the presence of one of these herbivores would be potentially harmful to the ...
‎2002
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Seagrasses: Monitoring, Ecology, Physiology, and Management
Abstract Twenty samples of tape grass were removed from four locations along a salinity gradient in the Caloosahatchee River in Lee County, Florida each month in 1998. Examination of the environmental, independent variables indicates a ...
Stephen A. Bortone, 1999
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A Flora of the State of New York: Comprising Full ...
TAPE-GRASS. [In honor of Amonro VALISNBRI, an Italian botanist.) Diwcious. STERILE FL. Spathe on a short scape, 2 - 3-parted. Flowers numerous, nearly sessile, crowded on a conical receptacle. Perianth 3-parted. FERTILE FL. Scape very ...
John Torrey, 1843
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Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, Washington, Oregon, ...
TAPE-GRASS FAMILY Submerged or floating, fresh water or marine, perennial herbaceous plants, the leaves various. Flowers regular, mostly dioecious, appearing from an involucre or spathe of 1-3 bracts or leaves. Perianth 3-6- parted, the ...
Le Roy Abrams, Roxana Stinchfield Ferris, 1923
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Allied Chambers transliterated Hindi-Hindi-English dictionary
tape-grass Val- lisneiia spiralis, jalkirat vHH (*><l<i (m.) a crocodile, an alligator, jalkukkut ^<H (m.) a water-fowl, jalkumbhi (f.) [H] the water lettuce Pistia stratiotes. jalkuntal ^RTj^T^r (m.) tape-grass VaWisneria spiralis, jalkup ^H<J?M (m.) ...
S. S. Parikh, D. F. Plukker, R. Veldhuijzen van Zanten, 1993
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Estuarine and Coastal Modeling
Vallisneria americana (tape grass, wild celery) is a salt-tolerant freshwater angiosperm that often occurs in the oligohaline reaches of estuaries in the Northeastern and Southeastern United States (Lowden 1982.) As salinity increases ...
Malcolm L. Spaulding, 2008
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Caloosahatchee River Guidebook
However, when a lack of rainfall allows salt water to go up the Caloosahatchee, the salt water kills tape grass, a submerged, freshwater, flowering plant (genus Vallisneria) in the frog's-bit family. Also called eelgrass or wild celery, tape grass  ...
Kevin M. McCarthy, 2012
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Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: A Field Guide to the ...
Tape-grass famil 2. Common water-weed Elodea canadensis Submersed leaves in whorls of 3, linear, 'A-Vi". Flowers %"; sepals 3, oval, broader toward tip; petals 3, oval, broader toward tip. Male and female flowers on separate plants; both ...
Steven Clemants, Steven Earl Clemants, Carol Gracie, 2006
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Living Science 4 Silver Jubilee
HYDRILLA DUCKWEED m* WATER HYACINTH LOTUS Fig. 7.5 Some aquatic plants Fig. 7.6 Tape grass in an aquarium RICE BAJRA SUGARCANE Fig. 7.7 Some plants of the grass family Fixed plants Some plants are fixed to the bed of the ...
Lekshmi Menon & Louisa Chawan
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A Manual of Water Plants
Vallisneria asiatica Species:Vallisneria asiatica var. asiatica Synonym:Vallisneria torta Common name: Ribbon Grass,Tape Grass Distribution: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan, Japan Description: The leaves are narrow, ...
W. Vivian De Thabrew, 2014

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAPE GRASS»

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Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Marine Laboratory Plants …
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Marine Laboratory Plants Tape Grass in Caloosahatchee River. by Florida Water Daily · July 10, 2015 ... «Florida Water Daily, Jul 15»
2
Tale of the tape grass in Caloosahatchee River
Over course of the day, Milbrandt, McCrimmon and SCCF research scientist Rick Bartleson planted 450 individual tape grass plants in an ongoing restoration ... «The News-Press, Jul 15»
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SFWMD, Lee County Partner To Revive Vital Plant In Caloosahatchee
The South Florida Water Management District and Lee County have partnered to bring back a vital plant in the Caloosahatchee River. Tape Grass has not ... «WGCU News, Jun 15»
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Project aims to jump-start tape grass growth in river
Val is a VEC, and a $103,000 project is under way to restore it to the Caloosahatchee River. In other words, tape grass, often known as Val, from its scientific ... «The News-Press, Jun 15»
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New project underway to restore tape grass along Caloosahatchee
More than 400 tape grass plants are now growing under the water's surface, surrounded by metal cages. The cages are meant to protect the plants and allow ... «NBC2 News, Jun 15»
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Caloosahatchee looking good — for now
Two indicators of the river's health are tape grass, which is essential habitat for many freshwater species, and oyster reefs (a single oyster can filter 10 gallons of ... «The News-Press, Aug 14»
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Releases a balancing act for Caloosahatchee River
Tape grass, on the other hand, is essential habitat for freshwater species in the upper Caloosahatchee and prefers low salinities — it stops growing when the ... «The News-Press, Jun 13»
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Florida's natural springs in crisis: Which ones are cleanest, most …
At that point, native spring plants are getting force-fed a high-calorie diet. The signature vegetation of healthy springs — eelgrass and tape grass — surges with ... «Orlando Sentinel, Apr 10»

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