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CARRAGEEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carrageen mean?
• CARRAGEEN (noun)
The noun CARRAGEEN has 1 sense:
1. dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
Familiarity information: CARRAGEEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
carageen; carrageen; carragheen; Chondrus crispus; Irish moss
Hypernyms ("carrageen" is a kind of...):
red algae (marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan)
Holonyms ("carrageen" is a member of...):
Chondrus; genus Chondrus (a genus of protoctist)
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