sea grape

noun7

1. •
   A small tree, of species Coccoloba uvifera, that grows on sandy beaches in tropical America; it has clusters of purple fruit.
2. •
   Seaweeds in the genus Caulerpa, eaten in Southeast Asia, especially Caulerpa lentillifera and Caulerpa racemosa.
3. •
   Gulfweed, a kind of brown alga (Sargassum).
4. •
   The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a squid (Loligo spp.).
5. •
   Any animal in the genus Molgula, bottom-dwelling sea squirts that look like peeled grapes.
6. •
   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.
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   (UK, Ireland) Any plant in the genus Ephedra, especially those native to Europe and neighboring parts of Africa and Asia.