HyperDic: gulfweed

English > 1 sense of the word gulfweed:
NOUNanimalgulfweed, sargassum, sargasso, Sargassum bacciferumbrown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
English > gulfweed: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningbrown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.
Synonymssargassum, sargasso, Sargassum bacciferum
Member ofgenus SargassumA genus of protoctist
Broaderbrown algaealgae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments
Spanishsargassum, sargazo
Catalansargàs, sargassum, sargazo

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