Definition of seaweed

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Seaweed (n.) Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea..

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Gelose :: Gelose (n.) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds..
Fucoidal :: Fucoidal (a.) Containing impressions of fossil fucoids or seaweeds; as, fucoidal sandstone..
Phycology :: Phycology (n.) The science of algae, or seaweeds; algology..
Murlins :: Murlins (n.) A seaweed. See Baddrelocks.
Seabeard :: Seabeard (n.) A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.
Kelp :: Kelp (n.) Any large blackish seaweed.
Agar-agar :: Agar-agar (n.) A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).
Florideae :: Florideae (n. pl.) A subclass of algae including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodospermeae of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species.
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp..
Holdfast :: Holdfast (n.) A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture..
Dulse :: Dulse (n.) A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. [Written also dillisk.].
Reit :: Reit (n.) Sedge; seaweed.
Ulva :: Ulva (n.) A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.
Clambake :: Clambake (n.) The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion..
Rockweed :: Rockweed (n.) Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus..
Tetraspore :: Tetraspore (n.) A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds..
Kelp :: Kelp (n.) The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine..
Seaweed :: Seaweed (n.) Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea..
Seaweed :: Seaweed (n.) Any marine plant of the class Algae, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc..
Tangly :: Tangly (a.) Covered with tangle, or seaweed..
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