SARGASSO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sargasso mean? 

• SARGASSO (noun)
  The noun SARGASSO has 1 sense:

1. brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea

  Familiarity information: SARGASSO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARGASSO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gulfweed; sargasso; sargassum; Sargassum bacciferum

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

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

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

genus Sargassum (a genus of protoctist)