rockweed

[ rok-weed ]

/ ˈrɒkˌwid /

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noun

a fucoid seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide.

Nearby words

rocks in one's head, have, rockshaft, rockumentary, rockville, rockville centre, rockweed, rockwell, rockwell number, rockwell, norman, rockwork, rocky

Origin of rockweed

First recorded in 1620–30; rock¹ + weed¹

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Examples 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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