sar|gas|sum

sar|gas|sum
sar|gas|sum «sahr GAS uhm», noun.
any one of a group of brown seaweeds that inhabit the warmer waters of the globe, especially an area of the Atlantic off southern North America; gulfweed: »

It is commonly supposed that this area [the Sargasso Sea] of the Atlantic is so thick with seaweed that ships cannot penetrate it. Although it is indeed strewn with floating sargassum, it is actually a biological desert (J. H. Ryther).

[< New Latin Sargassum the genus name < Portuguese sargasso; see etym. under sargasso (Cf.sargasso)]

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