gulfweed

gulf·weed also gulf weed  (glfwd)

n.

Any of several brownish seaweeds of the genus Sargassum of tropical Atlantic waters, having rounded air bladders and often forming dense, floating masses. Also called sargasso, sargassum.

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[After the Gulf of Mexico.]

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gulfweed [ˈgʌlfˌwiːd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any brown seaweed of the genus Sargassum, esp S. bacciferum, having air bladders and forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters, esp the Gulf Stream Also called sargasso sargasso weed

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Noun

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gulfweed - brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea sargasso, sargassum, Sargassum bacciferum brown algae - algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments genus Sargassum - a genus of protoctist