sar·gas·sum (sär-g s  m)n. See gulfweed. [New Latin Sargassum, genus name, from sargasso.] |
sargassum [sɑːˈgæsəm], sargasso [sɑːˈgæsəʊ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any floating brown seaweed of the genus Sargassum, such as gulfweed, of warm seas, having ribbon-like fronds containing air sacs
[from New Latin; see sargasso]
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| Noun | 1. |  sargassum - brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Seabrown algae - algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments genus Sargassum - a genus of protoctist |
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