seaweed en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English sea Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed English seaweed From sea + weed.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea / By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown / Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 16:The tide was out, and we drew up amid the strong bracing smell of seaweed, with gulls screeching, wheeling around, and gliding on the wind.
1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8:There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world’s seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all the planet’s seagrass meadows, saltmarshes and mangroves combined.
2023 September 25, Vincent Doumeizel, “Opinion: Seaweed is nutritious, not slimy. Eating it could save the world.”, in CNN:
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(broadly, uncountable, usually) Any of various fresh water plants and algae.
With light penetrating to the lake bottom, beds of seaweed flourished where little had grown before.
1995, Dan McCosh, “Aliens among us”, in Popular Science, page 94:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| seaweeds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
crispy seaweed · seaweedless · seaweedy · seaweeded · red seaweed · nanoseaweed · seaweedlike · green seaweed · seaweed marquetry · brown seaweed · seaweed dermatitis
Hyponyms
Translations (139)
gl golfe (marine algae) · sl haloga (marine algae) · lo ສາຫຼ່າຍທະເລ (marine algae) · cmn 海帶 /海带 (marine algae) · doi समुद्री शैवाल (marine algae) · gl argazo (marine algae) · ain コンボ (marine algae) · bn সামুদ্রিক শৈবাল (marine algae) · es algas (marine algae) · ig ahihia mmiri (marine algae) · kri siwid (marine algae) · uk морські́ во́дорості (marine algae) · sa समुद्री शैवालः (marine algae) · mi rimurapa moana (marine algae) · ia alga (marine algae) · et adru (marine algae) · th สาหร่ายทะเล (marine algae) · da tang (marine algae) · nso lehola la lewatle (marine algae) · sq leshterik (marine algae) · ny udzu wa m'nyanja (marine algae) · grc φῦκος (marine algae) · kk теңіз орамжапырақ (marine algae) · haw limu (marine algae) · lv jūraszāles (marine algae) · de Algen (marine algae) · ro alge marine (marine algae) · el φύκι (marine algae) · mn далайн ургамал (marine algae) · ee ƒumegbewo (marine algae) · as সাগৰীয়া শেলাই (marine algae) · gv fammyragh (marine algae) · kn ಕಡಲಕಳೆ (marine algae) · mr शेवाळ (marine algae) · sm limu sami (marine algae) · bg водора́сли (marine algae) · mi rimurimu (marine algae) · pl glon (marine algae) · gd feamad (Scalpay, Uig) (marine algae) · ko 해초 (marine algae) · mt alka tal-baħar (marine algae) · ml കടൽപ്പായൽ (marine algae) · fr algues marines (marine algae) · kn ಕಡಲಜೊಂಡು (marine algae) · hy ծովային ջրիմուռ (marine algae) · fo tari (marine algae) · tl damong-dagat (marine algae) · br felu (marine algae) · gl alga (marine algae) · my ပင်လယ်ရေမှော် (marine algae) · mwl ouca (marine algae) · km សារាយ (marine algae) · vi tảo biển (marine algae) · gd feamainn (marine algae) · pa ਸੀਵੀਡ (marine algae) · co alga (marine algae) · it alghe (marine algae) · ay llachu (marine algae) · gl olga (marine algae) · jv rumput laut (marine algae) · ta கடற்பாசி (marine algae) · fo alga (marine algae) · pt alga (marine algae) · cmn 昆布 (marine algae) · kw goumman (marine algae) · fy seewier (marine algae) · ru во́доросль (marine algae) · ms rumpai laut (marine algae) · sv tång (marine algae) · es alga marina (marine algae) · vo laleg (marine algae) · oc algas (marine algae) · nb tang (marine algae) · de Seetang (marine algae) · he אַצָּה (marine algae) · az yosun (marine algae) · fi merilevä (marine algae) · sh morska trava (marine algae) · nl zeewier (marine algae) · la alga (marine algae) · fa-ira جُلوَزَغ (marine algae) · ka ზღვის მცენარეების (marine algae) · hu hínár (marine algae) · nog сувот (marine algae) · eo algo (marine algae) · gl ouca (marine algae) · uk во́дорості (marine algae) · ast ocla (marine algae) · af alge (marine algae) · ale qahngus (marine algae) · ceb sagbot sa dagat (marine algae) · mai समुद्री शैवाल (marine algae) · om biqiltuu galaanaa (marine algae) · ne समुद्री शैवाल (marine algae) · eu alga (marine algae) · ht alg (marine algae) · ru морска́я трава́ (marine algae) · kmr kefz (marine algae) · ga feamainn (marine algae) · sv sjögräs (marine algae) · cmn 海藻 (marine algae) · id rumput laut (marine algae) · de Tang (marine algae) · kxd rumpai laut (marine algae) · sl morska trava (marine algae) · la fūcus (marine algae) · lg omuddo gw’omu nnyanja (marine algae) · ky деңиз балыры (marine algae) · ms lumut (marine algae) · is þang (marine algae) · rw ibyatsi byo mu nyanja (marine algae) · sh морска трава (marine algae) · nn tang (marine algae) · am የባህር አረም (marine algae) · be марскі́я во́дарасці (marine algae) · af alg (marine algae) · ca algues (marine algae) · ar عُشْب بَحْرِيّ (marine algae) · ja 海藻 (marine algae) · io fuko (marine algae) · cy gwymon (marine algae) · be во́дарасці (marine algae) · pl wodorost (marine algae) · fa-ira جُلْبَکِ دَرْیایی (marine algae) · sw mwani (marine algae) · tr deniz yosunu (marine algae) · yi ים־גראָז (marine algae) · mwl oucas (marine algae) · lt jūros dumblių (marine algae) · vec ałega (marine algae) · gu સીવીડ (marine algae) · mk морска трева (marine algae) · tr erişte (marine algae) · gv famlagh (marine algae) · cs chaluha (marine algae) · nrf vrai (marine algae) · ru во́доросли (marine algae) · vi rong biển (marine algae) · ckb جۆگەلە دەریاییەکان (marine algae)