The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sea grape \Sea" grape`\
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(Bot.)
The gulf weed. See under Gulf.
A shrubby plant ( Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy shores of tropical America, somewhat resembling the grapevine.
pl. (Zo["o]l.) The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a squid ( Loligo).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A small tree, (taxlink Coccoloba uvifera species noshow=1), that grows on sandy beaches in tropical America; it has clusters of purple fruit. 2 The gulfweed. 3 The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a squid (''Loligo'').
Wikipedia
Sea grape or seagrape may refer to:
Plants:- Coccoloba uvifera, a flowering plant native to Tropical America, including Florida, the Caribbean and nearby islands
- Seaweeds in the genus Caulerpa, especially:
- C. lentillifera, eaten in Southeast Asia
- C. racemosa
- Ephedra distachya, a shrub that grows in southern Europe and parts of western and central Asia
- Molgula manhattensis, a species of tunicate, or more generally any member of the Molgula genus
- The eggs of cuttlefish 1.
Usage examples of "sea grape".
A sudden movement caught his attention, and he turned to find Sonia's bloody head rolling down the steps of the Eden Roc Hotel in a welter of green sea grape and translucent jellyfish.
It wasn't easy because even he could see they were off any sort of beaten path and sort of floundering through palmettos, chest-high sea grape, and through eight- or ten-foot ass-high sacaguista--as they called this particular breed of salt grass.
There was high ground behind the bank, and we dug two graves in the sea grape above tide line, lashed together two crosses and stuck 'em in the sand.
Neither was a tolerable solution so he had let her go and had remained here among the sea grape and the decaying palms.
He picked up a tall green bottle that was full of sea grape jellyfish wine and hurled it hard at the Guestmaster, who flung up a hand as if to protect himself.
A tall black woman in a red blouse and a denim skirt emerged from the sea grape beside the restaurant, bearing atop her head a bowl covered by a white cloth, and began walking along the beach toward the town, establishing a human comparative to the swaying of the palms -- this graceful juxtaposition of man and nature caused the colonel to contrast his generally dismaying impression of the world with his impression of it now.