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Definition of Seaweed
1. Noun. Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae.
Specialized synonyms: Arame, Wrack, Seagrass, Sea Wrack, Wrack, Sea Tang, Tang
Definition of Seaweed
1. n. Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.
Definition of Seaweed
1. Noun. Any of numerous marine plants and algae, such as a kelp. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seaweed
1. a plant growing in the sea [n -S]
Medical Definition of Seaweed
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1. Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Seaweed
Literary usage of Seaweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1902)
"seaweed, kelp, and other marine planta do not belong to the owner of the shore
... The American doctrine with reference to seaweed is set forth in an early ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"seaweed is also much used as manure in the Hebrides, the Isle of Thanet, Cornwall,
... 100 pts. of decomposed and dried seaweed contain, according to Way, ..."
3. Junior High School Literature by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1922)
"seaweed HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic
Storm wind of the equinox, Landward in his wrath he scourges The toiling ..."
4. Food Chemicals Codex: First Supplement to the Fifth Edition by Committee on Food Chemicals Codex, Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"seaweed-Derived Calcium DESCRIPTION seaweed-Derived Calcium occurs as an inert,
... It is obtained from mineralized seaweed (Lithothamnion sp. ..."
5. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1888)
"The Symbolism of seaweed—Afternoon Visitors—An Infant Prodigy—A Feat in
Caligraphy—Child Worship—A Borrowed Dress—A Trousseau—House Furniture—The Marriage ..."
6. The Commercial Products of the Sea: Or, Marine Contributions to Food by Peter Lund Simmonds (1879)
"Various uses of seaweed— ... in China and Japan—Gelose—Other applications of
seaweed. seaweedS are largely employed in Europe and the extreme East in ..."
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