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Answer for the clue "(or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants ", 7 letters:
zostera

Word definitions for zostera in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zostera \Zos"te*ra\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Naiadace[ae] , or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack , and eelgrass .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Zostera is a small genus of widely distributed seagrasses , commonly called marine eelgrass or (outside North America) simply eelgrass . The genus Zostera contains 15 species.

Usage examples of zostera.

Then sleep overpowered me, and I stretched myself on my couch of zostera, and slept profoundly, whilst the Nautilus was gliding rapidly through the current of the Black River.