: any of various submerged monocotyledonous plants (such as eelgrass, tape grass, and turtle grass) of tropical to temperate usually shallow coastal waters that have narrow grasslike leaves and often form dense underwater meadows
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Sources: Reasons to be Cheerful, Statistics Denmark Women in Senegal are donning beekeeping gear to protect mangroves
Mangroves are a haven of biodiversity and, like wetlands and seagrass meadows, store more carbon than terrestrial ecosystems.
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Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
The island is also known for its dense meadows of water-cleaning Posidonia seagrass, which are among the best preserved in the Mediterranean.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2024
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Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
The island is also known for its dense meadows of water-cleaning Posidonia seagrass, which are among the best preserved in the Mediterranean.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Seagrass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seagrass. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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