Sargasso
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noun.
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Same as
gulf-weed
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The gulf weed. See under
gulf
.
noun.
a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean where sargasso in great abundance floats on the surface.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
brown alga
, of genus Sargassum, that forms large, floating masses
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
Word Usage
"The name "sargasso 'derived from the Portuguese word for grapes," sargaco, "because sargasso weed has little air bladders which resemble the fruit."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
brown algae
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Grasso
basso
lasso
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
cheeseburgers
circumfluous
mista
okra
pullet
variant
gulf