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surfgrass
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Definition of surfgrass
: a grasslike aquatic plant of the genus Phyllospadix (family Potamogetonaceae) living on rocky ocean shores and having narrow linear basal leaves and small dioecious flowers borne on the side of a flattened spadix
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Origin and Etymology of surfgrass
1surf + grass
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