Dictionary.com

South Seas

plural noun

the seas south of the equator.

QUIZZES

IS YOUR DESERT PLANT KNOWLEDGE SUCCULENT OR DRIED UP?

Cactus aficionados, don't get left in the dust with this quiz on desert plants. Find out if you have the knowledge to survive this prickly foray into the desert!
Question 1 of 7
This tall, horizontally branched cactus is probably the most recognizable cactus in Arizona. What is it called?
hedgehog
peyote
saguaro
jumping cholla
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby South Seas

South Sandwich Islands, South San Francisco, South Saskatchewan, South Sea Bubble, South Sea Islands, South Seas, South Shetland Islands, South Shields, south-southeast, south-southeastward, south-southwest
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

British Dictionary definitions for South Seas

South Seas

pl n

the seas south of the equator
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for South Seas

South Seas

The central, southern, and southwestern portions of the Pacific Ocean.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.