sar|gas|so

sar|gas|so
sar|gas|so «sahr GAS oh», noun, plural -sos, or sargasso weed,
any one of a group of brown seaweeds that have berrylike air bladders and float in large masses; sargassum.
[< Portuguese sargasso, or sargaço, perhaps < sarga a type of grape (because of the berrylike air sacs on the seaweed) or, perhaps < Latin sargus a kind of sea fish]

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