seaweed

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seaweed

  • /ˈsiːwiːd/ UK
  • /ˈsiwid/ US

noun seaweeds

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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Closest in meaning: kelp, algae, algal, bloom, alga, agar, wage, salary, microalgae, started, sea-weed, sea vegetable, kilp, kilpe, sea moss, seagrass

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noun marine algae

Españolalgas, alga marina
한국어해초 haecho
日本語海藻 kaisō
中文海帶 /海带 hǎidài, 海藻 hǎizǎo, 昆布 kūnbù
Kiswahilimwani
Portuguêsalga
Françaisalgues marines
DeutschAlgen, Tang, Seetang
Italianoalghe
Ελληνικάφύκι fýki
Românăalge marine
Русскийво́доросль vódoroslʹ, во́доросли vódorosli, морска́я трава́ morskája travá
Tiếng Việttảo biển, rong biển
العربيةعُشْب بَحْرِيّ ʕušb baḥriyy
עבריתאַצָּה atsá

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@misc{seaweed_2026,
  title = {seaweed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seaweed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}