Neptune grass

noun

Posidonia oceanica, a seagrass native to the Mediterranean.

Meanings

nounNeptune grass (usually uncountable, plural Neptune grasses)

plural Neptune grasses

  1. uncountableusuallyPosidonia oceanica, a seagrass native to the Mediterranean.

Origin

From Neptune (the Roman sea god, because it grows in the sea) + grass (from seagrass).

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Neptune grass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Neptune%20grass

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