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Sea grape
Meaning
Noun
●
A small
tree
, Coccoloba uvifera, that
grows on
sandy
beaches
in
tropical
America; it has
clusters
of
purple
fruit.
●
A
leafless
plant
found in
sandy
soils
along the
coast
and
inland
from
southern
and
central
Europe to
central
Asia, Ephedra distachya, which has
edible
fruit
and is
harvested
for the
ephedrine
found in its
green
stems.
●
In British English, Irish English, Buckwheat family plants, Chordates, Ephedras & Fruits:
Any
plant
in the
genus
Ephedra, especially those
native
to Europe and
neighboring
parts
of Africa and Asia.
●
Seaweeds in the
genus
Caulerpa,
eaten
in Southeast Asia, especially Caulerpa lentillifera and Caulerpa racemosa.
●
In Brown algae:
Gulfweed, a
kind of
brown alga
(Sargassum).
●
In Squid:
The
clusters
of
gelatinous
egg
capsules
of a
squid
(Loligo).
●
Any
animal
in the
genus
Molgula,
bottom-dwelling
sea squirts
that
look like
peeled
grapes.
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