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sargasso

[ sahr-gas-oh ]

noun

plural sargassos.
  1. a gulfweed.


sargasso

/ ²õÉ‘Ëˈɡæ²õəʊ /

noun

  1. another name for gulfweed sargassum
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sargasso1

1590–1600; < Portuguese, perhaps special use of ²õ²¹°ù²µ²¹Ã§´Ç rockrose < Latin salicastrum, equivalent to salic- (stem of salix ) willow + -astrum, neuter of -aster -aster 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sargasso1

C16: from Portuguese ²õ²¹°ù²µ²¹Ã§´Ç, of unknown origin
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They were working with this particular dolphin and the dolphin whistled the word, “sargassoâ€, which was the seaweed that it was actually playing with.

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The manatee, or sea-cow, frequents the mouths of rivers, the sargasso drifts, and the regions of submarine fresh-water springs off the coast.

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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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Remarkable accumulations of that species of sea-weed generally known as gulf-weed, or sargasso, occur on each side of the equator in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.

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Years, alone in space, here in the sargasso, with dead men and dead ships for company.

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