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GULFWEED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
Synonyms:
gulfweed; sargasso; sargassum; Sargassum bacciferum
Classified under:
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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