rockweed
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of rockweed
Example Sentences
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Record temperatures in Pacific Northwest in June 2021 left mussels, clams, oysters, barnacles, sea stars, rockweed and more dead along thousands of miles of coastline.
From Scientific American
Next, I went after half a dozen littleneck clams that were nested into a tangle of rockweed and pebbles, as if they’d been washed up on the shore.
From New York Times
Her group was about to launch a restoration project for the olive rockweed, a species endemic to Laguna found nowhere else south of Santa Barbara.
From Los Angeles Times
Maine is also home to a wild harvest of rockweed.
From Seattle Times
The state’s seaweed industry also includes a wild harvest of rockweed, which is used for livestock feed and fertilizers.
From Washington Times
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