seaweed
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈsiːˌwiːd/
:
alga marina
- While the men fished, women engaged in a number of activities, including seaweed and berry picking and fish processing.
- seaweed and corals
- seaweed and invertebrates
- seaweed in the sea
I'll sort scrubs, seaweed wraps, I love all that stuff.
- I'll sort scrubs, seaweed wraps, I love all that stuff.
- And there's little bits of seaweed, cucumber, what else is in here?
- So picture an Egypt sized blop of seaweed farms in the Pacific Ocean.
- Like they're some kind of a, is it seaweed or kelp or not kelp?
- Also the thing beets and spinach and seaweed, very dark, antioxidant rich foods.
- They have been consuming and using nori and, and other forms of seaweed for thousands of years.
- You have to have some salted seaweed.
- So suddenly you'll see, you know, seaweed or you'll see a jellyfish.
- This is chamoke bop with anchovies and dried seaweed.
- If snacking regularly when I'm pregnant helps me, you know, feel less nauseous, little seaweed snacks.
Examples
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Many of the local residents use seaweed as fertilizer on their fields, which risks contamination from fish farms.
Academic text (2010) -
So on average, wild seaweed has more iodine than farmed seaweed.
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My father was a seaweed farmer, his father before him.
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All they ate was cold soup made from seaweed for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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It's raw fish wrapped in seaweed with some rice and fish eggs.
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The kimono is green, the color of the seaweed you wrap around rice.
Fiction book (1996) -
Below the waterline, the rocks were green and slimy with seaweed and barnacles.
Fiction book (1997) -
The sun had deserted us, leaving dusky, warm air that smelled of seaweed and gasoline.
Fiction book (1990) -
Thus, this crab appears to be uniquely suited to preventing seaweed from overgrowing the coral.
Academic text (1998) -
The sushi roll was filled with fresh fish and wrapped in seaweed to hold everything together.
Synonyms
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5.8
A simple green living thing like seaweed that lives in water and makes food from light
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4.9
Large brown seaweed with long strong leaves that forms underwater forests near the coast
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3.6
A simple green plant that grows in water and has no roots, stems, or leaves
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9.9
Brown seaweed with small air bubbles that forms large floating mats
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Seaweed and other water plants washed up on the shore
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A rough brown seaweed that grows on rocks at low tide
A large plantlike living thing like seaweed that grows in water
A large brown seaweed that grows in cold water near the coast
Dead seaweed and other sea plants washed up on the shore
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
A brown seaweed with round air sacs that floats in large patches in warm Atlantic waters
A green edible seaweed with thin crinkled leaves found in shallow water
A red sea plant used as food and to thicken dishes
A green seaweed that grows in warm coastal waters
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Morphology
Etymology
Seaweed comes from the simple parts sea and weed, where weed originally meant 'plant'. So Seaweed literally means 'sea plant', which explains why the word refers to the large plants or algae that grow in the sea.