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Definition of Sargasso
1. Noun. Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.
Generic synonyms: Brown Algae
Group relationships: Genus Sargassum
Definition of Sargasso
1. n. The gulf weed. See under Gulf.
Definition of Sargasso
1. Noun. A brown alga, of genus ''Sargassum'', that forms large, floating masses ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sargasso
1. a brownish seaweed [n -GASSOS]
Medical Definition of Sargasso
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sargasso
Literary usage of Sargasso
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Voyage of Sabra: An Ecological Cruise Through the Caribbean, with Extras by Michael L. Frankel (1990)
"The Phoenicians may have discovered the sargasso Sea five centuries BC, as evidence
of artifacts washed up on the Azores at the eastern limit of the ..."
2. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"the sargasso Sea presents somewhat the appearance of an endless green prairie,
but modern vast quantities of seaweed in the ocean west of the Pillars of ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1835)
"Among the sargasso weed I found circular clusters ol yellow ova euve- ... At 8,
PM I found some sargasso weed in my net ; several of the small fish similar ..."
4. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1901)
"CHAPTER XXI Clearing for home — In the calm belt—A sea covered with sargasso — The
... sargasso ..."
5. The Discovery of America: With Some Account of Ancient America and the by John Fiske (1892)
"sargasso plants are found elsewhere upon the surface of the waves, ... Possibly the
reports of these sargasso meadows may have had some share in suggesting ..."
6. The Discovery of America by John Fiske (1897)
"Ferro and were entering the wonderful sargasso Ths sargasso Sea,that region of
the Atlantic six times as large as France, where vast tangles of vegetation ..."
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