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GENUS SARGASSUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sargassum mean?
• GENUS SARGASSUM (noun)
The noun GENUS SARGASSUM has 1 sense:
1. a genus of protoctist
Familiarity information: GENUS SARGASSUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of protoctist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Sargassum" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sargassum"):
gulfweed; sargasso; sargassum; Sargassum bacciferum (brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea)
Holonyms ("genus Sargassum" is a member of...):
family Fucaceae; Fucaceae (small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds)
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