sargasso
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- noun
- /sɑrˈɡæsoʊ/
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sargazo
- As he floats closer, they appear like a sargasso of wood instead of weed, a gigantic deck without a ship, a floating graveyard where doors come to rest, undulating with the gentle roll of the sea.
Examples
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The brown seaweed known as sargasso often forms large, floating mats in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
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Marine life thrives in the sargasso, providing a habitat for various fish and sea creatures.
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Sailors navigated carefully to avoid the thick patches of sargasso that could entangle their ship.
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
A brown seaweed that floats in the open ocean and forms large patches
A brown seaweed with round air sacs that floats in large patches in warm Atlantic waters
A brown seaweed with round air bubbles that forms large floating mats in warm Atlantic waters
A brown seaweed that often floats in large mats on the ocean surface
Compounds
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A calm part of the North Atlantic Ocean with clear water and large mats of floating seaweed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sargasso comes from the Portuguese sargaço and the Spanish sargazo, local names for a brown 'seaweed'. Sailors called the part of the Atlantic full of this weed the Sargasso Sea, so sargasso now means the large floating mats or the seaweed itself.