sargasso

sargasso
n. (also sargassum) (pl. -os or -oes or sargassa) any seaweed of the genus Sargassum, with berry-like air-vessels, found floating in island-like masses, esp. in the Sargasso Sea of the N. Atlantic. Also called GULFWEED.
Etymology: Port. sargaccedilo, of unkn. orig.

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  • Sargasso — Sar*gas so, n. [Sp. sargazo seaweed.] (Bot.) The gulf weed. See under {Gulf}. [1913 Webster] {Sargasso Sea}, a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean where sargasso in great abundance floats on the surface. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sargasso — seaweed, 1590s, from Port. sargasso seaweed, perhaps from sarga, a type of grape (on this theory, the sea plant was so called from its berry like air sacs), or from L. sargus, a kind of fish found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, from… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • sargasso — sar·gàs·so s.m. 1a. TS bot. alga bruna del genere Sargasso, provvista di vescicole piene d aria che fungono da galleggianti, diffusa spec. nell Oceano Atlantico | con iniz. maiusc., genere della famiglia delle Sargassacee, cui appartengono alcune …   Dizionario italiano

  • sargasso —   n. kind of floating seaweed; gulfweed.    ♦ Sargasso Sea, area of N Atlantic covered with mass of this …   Dictionary of difficult words

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  • Sargasso Sea — Sargasso Sar*gas so, n. [Sp. sargazo seaweed.] (Bot.) The gulf weed. See under {Gulf}. [1913 Webster] {Sargasso Sea}, a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean where sargasso in great abundance floats on the surface. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sargasso Sea — [sär gas′ō] [Port sargaço: see SARGASSUM] region of calms in the N Atlantic, northeast of the West Indies, noted for its abundance of sargassum …   English World dictionary

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