gulfweed
[ guhlf-weed ]
/ ˈgʌlfˌwid /
noun
a coarse, olive-brown, branching seaweed, Sargassum bacciferum, common in the Gulf Stream and tropical American seas, characterized by numerous berrylike air vessels.
any seaweed of the same genus.
Nearby words
gulf stream, gulf stream system, gulf war, gulf war syndrome, gulfport, gulfweed, gulgul, gull, gull wing, gull-wing, gullah
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British Dictionary definitions for gulfweed
gulfweed
/ (ˈɡʌlfˌwiːd) /
noun
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 StreamAlso called: sargasso, sargasso weed
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