SEAWEED

seaweed

(noun) plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

seaweed (usually uncountable, plural seaweeds)

Any of numerous marine plants and algae, such as a kelp.

Hyponyms

• sea vegetable

Source: Wiktionary


Sea"weed`, n.

1. Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Any marine plant of the class Algæ, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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