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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
Generic synonyms: Red Algae
Group relationships: Chondrus, Genus Chondrus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chondrus Crispus
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. ..."