Meaning of water ribbons | Babel Free

Definitions

An aquatic plant, Triglochin procera, of southeastern Australia.

Australia, plural, plural-only

Examples

“The whole marsh was densely clothed with reeds (Juncus spp.), water-ribbons, (Triglochin procera) and blown grass (Agrostis avenacea), the bed was sticky clay, and the burrows of freshwater crayfish gave each step interesting possibilities.”

“We wade through the delicate water, the moon spilling on our colourless bodies. Brolgas ruffling their wings against water ribbons, making the muddy bath flinch in coiling waves.”

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