SEAWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seaweed mean? 

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

1. plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEAWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

alga; algae (primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seaweed"):

arame (an edible seaweed with a mild flavor)

wrack (dried seaweed especially that cast ashore)

seagrass (any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds)

sea wrack; wrack (growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp)

sea tang; tang (any of various coarse seaweeds)

 Context examples 

"She means vampire, not seaweed, but it doesn't matter. It's too warm to be particular about one's parts of speech," murmured Jo.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The finding helps explain seaweed growth in many places.

(Giant kelp switches diet when key nutrient becomes scarce, National Science Foundation)

For example, sodium alginate is extracted from brown seaweed.

(Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship, Agricultural Research Service)

But too much of this seaweed can crowd out marine species, especially near the coast.

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

But not for red algae, including the seaweed used to wrap sushi.

(Red seaweeds, including those in sushi, thrive despite ancestor's loss of genes, National Science Foundation)

The fog seemed to break away as though split by a wedge, and the bow of a steamboat emerged, trailing fog-wreaths on either side like seaweed on the snout of Leviathan.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

All within was the same, down to the seaweed in the blue mug in my bedroom.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The study uses a commonly used thickening agent known as kappa-carrageenan, obtained from seaweed, to design injectable hydrogels.

(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers found when fish were plentiful, they would eat algae and seaweed off the corals, which appeared to leave them more resistant to the bacterium Vibrio coralliilyticus, a bacterium associated with bleaching.

(Voracious fish defend coral reefs against warming, Wikinews)

Other examples include a hybrid of zinc and chicory (Cichorium intybus), extracts of seaweed (Gracilaria edulis) and horse mint (Mentha longifolia).

(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)