- Vallisneria spiralis
- Tape Tape, n. [AS. t[ae]ppe a fillet. Cf. {Tapestry},
{Tippet}.]
1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven
fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied
with tape.
[1913 Webster]
2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. [1913 Webster]
{Red tape}. See under {Red}.
{Tape grass} (Bot.), a plant ({Vallisneria spiralis}) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; -- called also {fresh-water eelgrass}, and, in Maryland, {wild celery}.
{Tape needle}. See {Bodkin}, n., 4. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
