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Definition of Sargassum
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 Sargassum
1. n. A genus of algæ including the gulf weed.
Definition of Sargassum
1. Noun. Any of many brown algae of the genus ''Sargassum''; gulfweed ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sargassum
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sargassum
| sardonic sardonic grin sardonically sardonicism sardonicisms sardonyx sardonyxes sardoodledom sards sared | saree sarees sargable sarge sarges sargo sargoptes sargos sargoses sargramostim | sargus sarguses sari saried sarigue |
Literary usage of Sargassum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1906)
"BOTANICAL GAZETTE MARCH, 1906 A MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF sargassum ... The present
investigation of these structures in sargassum ..."
2. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1845)
"46. HAB. New Zealand, Sir Joseph Banks, Lesson. 2. sargassum ... This leaf is
always more indented than the rest. G. sargassum ..."
3. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"sargassum. Poverty in plants belonging to the emerging belt. iii. The Benthos of
Warm Temperati Seas. Differentiation in the Hay of Naples according to ..."
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