seaware

American

[see-wair] / ˈsiˌwɛər /

noun

seaweed, especially coarse, large seaweed, used chiefly as a fertilizer.

seaware British

/ ˈsiːˌwɛə /

noun

any of numerous large coarse seaweeds, esp when cast ashore and used as fertilizer

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Etymology

Origin of seaware

before 1000; Old English sǣwār, equivalent to sǣ sea + wār seaweed (not recorded in ME)

Example Sentences

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At first the air was redolent of clover, and then—as I drew near the shore—of seaware.

From The Man from the Clouds by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)

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