Found 2 items, similar to Vallisneria spiralis.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Vallisneria spiralis Vallisneria spiralis n : submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia [syn: tape grass, eelgrass, wild celery ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Vallisneria spiralis Tape \Tape\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry, Tippet.] 1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape. [1913 Webster] 2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. [1913 Webster] Red tape. See under Red. Tape grass (Bot.), a plant (Vallisneria spiralis) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fresh-water eelgrass, and, in Maryland, wild celery. Tape needle. See Bodkin, n., 4. [1913 Webster]