gulfweed

[ guhlf-weed ]
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noun
  1. a coarse, olive-brown, branching seaweed, Sargassum bacciferum, common in the Gulf Stream and tropical American seas, characterized by numerous berrylike air vessels.

  2. any seaweed of the same genus.

Origin of gulfweed

1
First recorded in 1665–75; gulf + weed1

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gulfweed

/ (ˈɡʌlfˌwiːd) /


noun
  1. any brown seaweed of the genus Sargassum, esp S. bacciferum, having air bladders and forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters, esp the Gulf Stream: Also called: sargasso, sargasso weed

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