Their rocks abound with kelp, a sea-plant, of which the ashes are melted into glass. ❋ Unknown (2003)
At length; a curious sea-plant cropping out of a crevice in the sides of the reef caught the eye of one of the crew, and he sent down an ❋ Various (N/A)
Here they look so much like a kind of herb, that Folks who make a study of things in nature, and are called naturalists, for a long time took them to be a kind of sea-plant, and for years it was a puzzle as to just what they were. ❋ Harriet A. Cheever (N/A)
Following the symbolism of the Court of Ages through the first nebulous period of the world's growth, through the second, which shows the transition in successive forms of sea-plant life, the third period is reached where are illustrated the earliest forms of human, animal, reptile and bird life prevailing in the stone age. ❋ Louis Christian Mullgardt (N/A)
Stooping to touch this strange object, the sailor discovered it to be a small round sea-plant which had anchored itself to a stone, and presently he discovered that this light was but one of thousands which together formed a long straight line across the level floor of the sea. ❋ Henry Beston (1928)
I lived in prayer like a sea-plant in the depths of the ocean. ❋ Robert Smythe Hichens (1907)
Lately we might have raised the Ajax cry, "In the light, in the light, destroy us," but now we see the little sea-plant of grey-green grow in the east, and we are strong. ❋ Morley Roberts (1899)
After saying good-bye to Dale, who went down with his boyish tread, she detained me for a second or two, holding my hand, and again her clasp enveloped it like some clinging sea-plant. ❋ William John Locke (1896)
At length, one day, a sailor, looking over the boat's side down into the clear water, observed a curious sea-plant growing in what appeared to be a crevice of the rock; and he called upon an Indian diver to go down and fetch it for him. ❋ Samuel Smiles (1858)
I did not see so much as a rush, or the coarsest sea-plant, when we were on the island yesterday. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)
In the latitude of 29° 30 ', longitude 41° 30', the wind slackened and veered more to the S.E. We now began to see some of that sea-plant, which is commonly called gulph-weed, from a supposition that it comes from the Gulph of Florida. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)
"The decorative motifs employed on the surrounding arcade are sea-plant life and its animal evolution. ❋ Ben Macomber (N/A)
"It is very remarkable that the Zostera marina, a sea-plant, was destroyed even where no sand was deposited. ❋ Unknown (1874)
