Bot. [mod.L. (Linnæus), f. Gr. ζωστήρ: see ZOSTER and -A1. So called from its long leaves.] A marine plant of the genus so named, esp. grasswrack, Z. marina.
1819. Lindley, trans. Richard’s Obs. Fruits & Seeds, 54. The kernel of Zostera is an oblong oval.
1855. Kingsley, Glaucus, 57. The delicate green ribbons of the Zostera (the only English flowering plant which grows beneath the sea).
1858. Phytologist, Nov., 601. The thin line of dry Zostera to be met with at high-water mark.
1865. Mrs. L. L. Clarke, Common Seaweeds, ii. 30. I have found it often in Zostera beds at low tide.
