rockweed
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- noun
- /ˈrɑkˌwid/
:
alga de roca
- When exploring the coastline, I noticed the rockweed clinging to the wet rocks at low tide.
Examples
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Even after the apparent recovery of rockweed, previously oiled shores experienced another round of mass rockweed mortality, most likely because the entire stand was of the same age.
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Even after the apparent recovery of rockweed, previously oiled shores experienced another round of mass rockweed mortality, most likely because the entire stand was of the same age.
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There was only one way to cook lobsters: steamed in rockweed.
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"But the tide's flooding in, and if you don't move fast, you'll never get that rockweed." "Come with us, George," Snow said, pulling his hand.
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Lobsters and crabs scuttled beneath the rockweed.
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Mike waded into the tidal pool, filling a bushel basket with rockweed.
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The absence of rockweed also inhibited the recruitment of more rockweed because juveniles of this species preferentially settle under the protective shield of adult plants.
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The absence of rockweed also inhibited the recruitment of more rockweed because juveniles of this species preferentially settle under the protective shield of adult plants.
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If a vacant space on top of a crab's shell receives enough sunlight through the shallow water, then green sea lettuce, brown popweed, and red rockweed often move in.
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Through this method, researchers can get a sense of just about every species in the intertidal zone—that area between high and low tide that's home to sea anemones and sea stars, hermit crabs, and rockweed.
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Synonyms
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A plant that grows in the sea, often in long green or brown sheets
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Large brown seaweed with long strong leaves that forms underwater forests near the coast
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Seaweed and other water plants washed up on the shore
A brown seaweed with saw-toothed edges that grows on rocky seashores
A dark seaweed that grows on rocks and is used as a fertilizer and in kelp products
A large brown seaweed that grows on North Atlantic coasts and is used as plant food and feed for animals
A rough seaweed that grows on seashores and is often large and leathery
Dead seaweed and other sea plants washed up on the shore
A large brown seaweed that grows in cold water near the coast
Compounds
A dark seaweed that grows on rocks and is used as a fertilizer and in kelp products
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rockweed is simply the two words rock and weed, meaning a 'plant' that grows on rocks. That's why it names a coarse brown seaweed that clings to rocks at low tide.