Definition of Chondrus crispus

1. Noun. Dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.

Exact synonyms: Carageen, Carrageen, Carragheen, Irish Moss
Generic synonyms: Red Algae
Group relationships: Chondrus, Genus Chondrus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chondrus Crispus

Chod
Chodzko's reflex
Choeronycteris
Choeronycteris mexicana
Cholargos
Cholargus
Cholmondeley
Choloepus
Choloepus didactylus
Choloepus hoffmanni
Cholon
Chomskian
Chomsky
Chomskyan
Chondrichthyes
Chondrus crispus (current term)
Chongjin
Chongqing
Chontales
Chopart
Chopart's amputation
Chopart's joint
Chopawamsic
Chopin
Chopra
Chopsticks
Chorasmia
Chordeiles
Chordospartium
Chorezm

Literary usage of Chondrus crispus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanburgy (1879)
"Botanical Origin—Chondrus crispus Lyngbye (Fucus crispus L.), a sea weed of the class ... History—Chondrus crispus was figured in ..."

2. A Manual of organic materia medica by John Michael Maisch (1890)
"Description.—Yellowish or whitish, horny, translucent, when softened in water cartilaginous, many-forked, seg- Fia. 164. Chondrus crispus. ..."

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