Definition of seaweed

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Seaweed (n.) Any marine plant of the class Algae, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc..

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Algology :: Algology (n.) The study or science of algae or seaweeds.
Florideae :: Florideae (n. pl.) A subclass of algae including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodospermeae of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species.
Carrigeen :: Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce..
Kelp :: Kelp (n.) Any large blackish seaweed.
Agar-agar :: Agar-agar (n.) A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).
Reit :: Reit (n.) Sedge; seaweed.
Gelose :: Gelose (n.) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds..
Wrack :: Wrack (n.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.
Phycology :: Phycology (n.) The science of algae, or seaweeds; algology..
Fucoid :: Fucoid (a.) In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds..
Sloakan :: Sloakan (n.) A species of seaweed. [Spelled also slowcawn.] See 3d Laver.
Laminarian :: Laminarian (a.) Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow..
Sea Lettuce :: Sea lettuce () The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food..
Algous :: Algous (a.) Of or pertaining to the algae, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed..
Sea Tang :: Sea tang () A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle.
Cauda Galli :: Cauda galli () A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit..
Ulva :: Ulva (n.) A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.
Fucusol :: Fucusol (n.) An oily liquid, resembling, and possibly identical with, furfurol, and obtained from fucus, and other seaweeds..
Sea Colander :: Sea colander () A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes..
Seabeard :: Seabeard (n.) A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.
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