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    GULFWEED

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Seaplay

    Synonyms:

    gulfweed; sargasso; sargassum; Sargassum bacciferum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("gulfweed" is a kind of...):

    brown algae (algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments)

    Holonyms ("gulfweed" is a member of...):

    genus Sargassum (a genus of protoctist)

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