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GULFWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gulfweed mean?
• GULFWEED (noun)
The noun GULFWEED has 1 sense:
1. brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
Familiarity information: GULFWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
gulfweed; sargasso; sargassum; Sargassum bacciferum
Hypernyms ("gulfweed" is a kind of...):
brown algae (algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments)
Holonyms ("gulfweed" is a member of...):
genus Sargassum (a genus of protoctist)
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