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seaweed
CIDE DICTIONARY
seaweed, n.
- Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea. [1913 Webster]
- Any marine plant of the class Algæ, as kelp, dulse,
Fucus ,Ulva , etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
seaweed, n. any of various algae growing in the sea or on the rocks on a shore.
THESAURUS
seaweed
algae, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, climber, conferva, confervoid, creeper, diatom, fern, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus, grapevine, green algae, gulfweed, herb, heterophyte, ivy, kelp, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort, mold, moss, mushroom, parasite, parasitic plant, pea, perthophyte, phytoplankton, planktonic algae, plant families, puffball, pulse, red algae, rockweed, rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack, smut, succulent, toadstool, vetch, vine, wort, wrackFor further exploring for "seaweed" in Webster Dictionary Online