- genus Sargassum
- nouna genus of protoctist• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Fucaceae, ↑family Fucaceae• Member Meronyms: ↑gulfweed, ↑sargassum, ↑sargasso, ↑Sargassum bacciferum
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genus Sargassum
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sargassum — [sär gas′ō] n. pl. sargassos [sär gas′əm] n. [ModL < Port sargaço < sarga, kind of grape] any of a genus (Sargassum, family Sargassaceae) of floating brown algae (order Fucales) found in tropical seas and having a main stem with flattened… … English World dictionary
Sargassum — Taxobox name = Sargassum domain = Eukaryota regnum = Chromalveolata phylum = Heterokontophyta classis = Phaeophyceae ordo = Fucales familia = Sargassaceae genus = Sargassum subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = * Sargassum bacciferum , aka.… … Wikipedia
sargassum — /sahr gas euhm/, n. any seaweed of the genus Sargassum, widely distributed in the warmer waters of the globe, as S. bacciferum, the common gulfweed. [1900 05; < NL; see SARGASSO] * * * Any of the brown algae that make up the genus Sargassum. They … Universalium
sargassum — noun brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea • Syn: ↑gulfweed, ↑sargasso, ↑Sargassum bacciferum • Hypernyms: ↑brown algae • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Sargassum … Useful english dictionary
Sargassum bacciferum — noun brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea • Syn: ↑gulfweed, ↑sargassum, ↑sargasso • Hypernyms: ↑brown algae • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Sargassum … Useful english dictionary
sargassum — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from International Scientific Vocabulary sargasso Date: circa 1890 any of a genus (Sargassum) of brown algae that have a branching thallus with lateral outgrowths differentiated as leafy segments, air… … New Collegiate Dictionary
sargassum — noun Any of many brown algae of the genus Sargassum; gulfweed See Also: Sargasso Sea … Wiktionary
sargassum — [sα: gasəm] (also sargasso) noun a brown seaweed with berry like air bladders, typically floating in large masses. [Genus Sargassum.] Origin C16 (as sargasso): mod. L., from Port. sargaço, of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary
sargassum — sar•gas•sum [[t]sɑrˈgæs əm[/t]] n. 1) mcr any seaweed of the genus Sargassum, widely distributed in the warmer waters of the globe 2) pln gulfweed 2) Also called sargasso Etymology: 1900–05; < NL; see sargasso … From formal English to slang
sargassum — /saˈgæsəm/ (say sah gasuhm) noun any seaweed of the genus Sargassum, widely distributed in warmer waters, as the pelagic species S. natans and S. fluitans. {New Latin, from Portuguese sargaço} …
