sargassum
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- noun
- /sɑrˈɡæsəm/
:
sargazo
- Scientists are studying how sargassum can provide habitats for various marine life.
- sargassum weed
- sargassum seaweed
- clump of sargassum
Examples
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In the Caribbean, where northeast trade winds are strong, an airplane passenger can easily spot the long, parallel brown lines of sargassum or even thimbles from a great distance.
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In 1927, American physicist Irving Langmuir noted during a transatlantic cruise that sargassum weed tended to accumulate in windrows.
Academic text (1991) -
The beaches were covered with mats of sargassum that floated in the warm Atlantic waters.
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Divers often explore the vibrant ecosystem formed by sargassum in the Sargasso Sea.
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 that floats in large mats on the ocean surface
A brown seaweed with round air sacs that floats in large patches in warm Atlantic waters
A brown seaweed that floats in the open ocean and forms large patches
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
Dead seaweed and other sea plants washed up on the shore
Compounds
- Specialized
A brown seaweed that often floats in large mats on the ocean surface
- Specialized
A brown seaweed with round air bubbles that forms large floating mats in warm Atlantic waters
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sargassum comes from the Portuguese word sargaço and the name Sargasso Sea, because sailors used these names for the large, floating 'seaweed' they found in the Atlantic. So today sargassum means the brown seaweed with small air bladders that forms big floating mats.