CARAGEEN

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Meaning:

Dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("carageen" is a kind of...):

red algae (marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan)

Holonyms ("carageen" is a member of...):

Chondrus; genus Chondrus (a genus of protoctist)