Definition of seaweed Seaweed

/siˈwiˌd/ - [seeweed] - sea•weed

We found 7 definitions of seaweed from 6 different sources.

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What does seaweed mean?

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Noun

Plural: seaweeds

seaweed - plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
  alga, algae primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
  arame an edible seaweed with a mild flavor
  wrack dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
  seagrass any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds; "seagrass provides a protective environment in which young fish can develop"
  sea wrack, wrack growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • seaweed (n.)
    Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.
  • seaweed (n.)
    Any marine plant of the class Algae, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.

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  • seaweed
    One of several species of macroscopic, multicellular, benthic marine algae.

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  • Seaweed is a kind of algae that often looks like a plant. It grows under the ocean. You can see it if it grows near the shore. Seaweed is a plant because it takes the energy from the sun.

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