SARGASSUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sargassum mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARGASSUM (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 ("sargassum" is a kind of...):

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

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

genus Sargassum (a genus of protoctist)

 Context examples 

Sargassum reproduces from fragments of the parent plant, and it probably has several initiation zones around the Atlantic Ocean.

(Satellites Find Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World, NASA)