gulfweed
- noun
- /ˈɡʌlfˌwiːd/
- Specialized
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sargazo
- Massive patches of gulfweed floated on the ocean's surface near the Sargasso Sea.
Examples
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Sailors reported that their ship became entangled in thick gulfweed during the crossing.
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Many marine creatures find food and shelter among the drifting gulfweed in tropical waters.
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Look at that large patch of gulfweed over there!
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The gulfweed floats gracefully on the water's surface.
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Many marine creatures find food and shelter among the drifting gulfweed in tropical waters.
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Massive patches of gulfweed floated on the ocean's surface near the Sargasso Sea.
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Sailors reported that their ship became entangled in thick gulfweed during the crossing.
Synonyms
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A plant that grows in the sea, often in long green or brown sheets
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Brown seaweed with small air bubbles that forms large floating mats
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Brown seaweed that floats in large mats on the ocean surface
A brown seaweed with round air bubbles that forms large floating mats in warm Atlantic waters
A brown seaweed that floats in the open ocean and forms large patches
A brown seaweed that often floats in large mats on the ocean surface
Dead seaweed and other sea plants washed up on the shore
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gulfweed comes from the parts gulf ('a large sea area or bay') and weed ('a wild plant'). So gulfweed is a name for the floating brown seaweed you find in big sea areas like the Sargasso Sea.