GULFWEED


Meaning of GULFWEED in English

/gulf"weed'/ , n.

1. a coarse, olive-brown, branching seaweed, Sargassum bacciferum, common in the Gulf Stream and tropical American seas, characterized by numerous berrylike air vessels.

2. any seaweed of the same genus.

[ 1665-75; GULF + WEED 1 ]

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