Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sea grape

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: sea -grape
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small tree, of species Coccoloba uvifera, that grows on sandy beaches in tropical America; it has clusters of purple fruit.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

European ephedra (Ephedra distachya), a leafless plant found in sandy soils along the coast and inland from southern and central Europe to central Asia, with edible fruit, harvested for the ephedrine found in its stems.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any plant in the genus Ephedra, especially those native to Europe and neighboring parts of Africa and Asia.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Seaweeds in the genus Caulerpa, eaten in Southeast Asia, especially Caulerpa lentillifera and Caulerpa racemosa.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Gulfweed, a kind of brown alga (Sargassum).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a squid (Loligo spp.).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any animal in the genus Molgula, bottom-dwelling sea squirts that look like peeled grapes.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Most of Indian Key seems to be swamp, covered with mangrove roots. But there is a small gravel beach where we landed, and a few yards inland we found a sheltered spot on dry ground for the tent. We pitched it under a sea-grape tree."

Usage

Inflected Forms

sea grapes (plural)

Questions

What does sea grape mean?: A small tree, of species Coccoloba uvifera, that grows on sandy beaches in tropical America; it has clusters of purple fruit.

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