rockweed

[rok-weed]

noun

1. a fucoid seaweed growing on rocks rock exposed at low tide.

rockweed

/ ˈrɒkˌwiːd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rockweed¹

First recorded in 1620–30; rock ¹ + weed ¹

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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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.

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Maine is also home to a wild harvest of rockweed.

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The state’s seaweed industry also includes a wild harvest of rockweed, which is used for livestock feed and fertilizers.

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