GULFWEED

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea

Synonyms:

gulfweed; sargasso; sargassum; Sargassum bacciferum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("gulfweed" is a kind of...):

brown algae (algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments)

Holonyms ("gulfweed" is a member of...):

genus Sargassum (a genus of protoctist)

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