gulfweed

gulf·weed

also gulf weed G0310300 (gŭlf′wēd′)n. Any of several brownish seaweeds of the genus Sargassum having rounded air bladders and often forming dense, floating masses in the Atlantic Ocean. Also called sargasso, sargassum.

[After the Gulf ofMexico.]

gulfweed

(ˈɡʌlfˌwiːd) n (Plants) any brown seaweed of the genus Sargassum, esp S. bacciferum, having air bladders and forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters, esp the Gulf Stream. Also called: sargasso or sargasso weed

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n. 1. a coarse, olive-brown, branching seaweed, Sargassum bacciferum, common in the Gulf Stream and in tropical American seas, characterized by numerous berrylike air vessels. 2. sargassum (def. 1). [1665–75]

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gulfweed - brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Seasargasso, sargassum, Sargassum bacciferumbrown algae - algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigmentsgenus Sargassum - a genus of protoctist

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see seaweedseaweed,
name commonly used for the multicellular marine algae. Simpler forms, consisting of one cell (e.g., the diatom) or of a few cells, are not generally called seaweeds; these tiny plants help to make up plankton.
..... Click the link for more information. ; PhaeophytaPhaeophyta
, phylum (division) of the kingdom Protista consisting of those organisms commonly called brown algae. Many of the world's familiar seaweeds are members of Phaeophyta. There are approximately 1,500 species.
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gulfweed

[′gəlf‚wēd] (botany) Brown algae of the genus Sargassum.

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noun brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea

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