NOUN | animal | sargassum, gulfweed, sargasso, Sargassum bacciferum | brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea |
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Meaning | brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea. | |
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Synonyms | gulfweed, sargasso, Sargassum bacciferum | |
Member of | genus Sargassum | A genus of protoctist |
Broader | brown algae | algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments |
Spanish | sargassum, sargazo | |
Catalan | sargàs, sargassum, sargazo |
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