rockweed

[ rok-weed ]

/ ˈrɒkˌwid /

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noun

a fucoid seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide.

Origin of rockweed

First recorded in 1620–30; rock¹ + weed¹

Words nearby rockweed

rock up, Rockville, Rockville Centre, rock wall, rock wallaby, rockweed, Rockwell, Rockwell, Norman, Rockwell number, rock wool, rockwork

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Example sentences from the Web for rockweed

That means that you are crushing the little bladder-like swellings strung like big beads on the stems of the rockweed.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
"I've made their dory fast in a little gulch among the rockweed," said he.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman|Albert Walter Tolman
The right amount of heat has been obtained, a barrow load of rockweed is brought—rockweed, not seaweed.
Suppers|Paul Pierce
Magnified section through a fertile conceptacle of Rockweed, showing the large spores in the midst of threads of cells.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray

The violent throbbings of her heart could be seen undulating the long hair as the moaning sea tosses the rockweed.
The Minister's Wooing|Harriet Beecher Stowe

British Dictionary definitions for rockweed

rockweed

/ (ˈrɒkˌwiːd) /

noun

any of various seaweeds that grow on rocks exposed at low tide

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单词	rockweed
释义	rockweed [ rok-weed ] / ˈrɒkˌwid / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rockweed ON THESAURUS.COM noun a fucoid seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide. Origin of rockweed First recorded in 1620–30; rock¹ + weed¹ Words nearby rockweed rock up, Rockville, Rockville Centre, rock wall, rock wallaby, rockweed, Rockwell, Rockwell, Norman, Rockwell number, rock wool, rockwork Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rockweed That means that you are crushing the little bladder-like swellings strung like big beads on the stems of the rockweed. The Animal World, A Book of Natural History\|Theodore Wood "I've made their dory fast in a little gulch among the rockweed," said he. Jim Spurling, Fisherman\|Albert Walter Tolman The right amount of heat has been obtained, a barrow load of rockweed is brought—rockweed, not seaweed. Suppers\|Paul Pierce Magnified section through a fertile conceptacle of Rockweed, showing the large spores in the midst of threads of cells. The Elements of Botany\|Asa Gray The violent throbbings of her heart could be seen undulating the long hair as the moaning sea tosses the rockweed. The Minister's Wooing\|Harriet Beecher Stowe British Dictionary definitions for rockweed rockweed / (ˈrɒkˌwiːd) / noun any of various seaweeds that grow on rocks exposed at low tide Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rockweed algae, tangle, gulfweed, sea tangle
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rockweed

noun

Origin of rockweed

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Example sentences from the Web for rockweed

British Dictionary definitions for rockweed

noun

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