sargasso

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sar=gas=so

CIDE DICTIONARY

sargasso, n. [Sp. sargazo seaweed.].

 The gulf weed. See under Gulf.  [1913 Webster]

Sargasso Sea, a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean where sargasso in great abundance floats on the surface.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sargasso, n. (also sargassum) (pl. -os or -oes or sargassa) any seaweed of the genus Sargassum, with berry-like air-vessels, found floating in island-like masses, esp. in the Sargasso Sea of the N. Atlantic. Also called GULFWEED.

Etymology

Port. sarga{ccedil}o, of unkn. orig.