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gulfweed
[ guhlf-weed ]
noun
- a coarse, olive-brown, branching seaweed, Sargassum bacciferum, common in the Gulf Stream and tropical American seas, characterized by numerous berrylike air vessels.
- any seaweed of the same genus.
gulfweed
/ ˈɡʌ±ô´ÚËŒ·É¾±Ë»å /
noun
- 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 calledsargassosargasso weed
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About the fourth day, from the upper deck or the ship's bow, I begin to see floating patches of seaweed—gulfweed or sargasso as it is called.
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This gulfweed, the swimming gulfweed or berry carrier, is the chief substance making up this immense shoal.
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The name Sargasso comes from the Spanish word sargazo, meaning gulfweed.
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