seaware

[see-wair]

sea·ware

[see-wair]
noun
seaweed, especially coarse, large seaweed, used chiefly as a fertilizer.

Origin:
before 1000; Old English sǣwār, equivalent to sea + wār seaweed (not recorded in ME)
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seaware (ˈsiːˌwɛə)
 
n
any of numerous large coarse seaweeds, esp when cast ashore and used as fertilizer
 
[Old English sǣwār, from sea + wār seaweed]

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