Zostera \Zos"te*ra\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of the {Naiadace[ae]}, or Pondweed family.
{Zostera marina} is commonly known as {sea wrack}, and
{eelgrass}.
Zostera
n : (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus
of widely distributed marine plants [syn: {genus Zostera}]