What does Seaweed mean?
Definitions for Seaweed
ˈsiˌwidsea·weed
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Princeton's WordNet
seaweednoun
plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
Wiktionary
seaweednoun
Any of numerous marine plants and algae, such as a kelp.
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seaweed
Seaweed is a term used to describe a diverse range of aquatic plants or algae that typically grow in the sea. They include various species that range in color from green, to red, to brown, and black, and sizes from tiny to large kelp that can be up to 60 meters tall. Seaweed is often found in shallow coastal waters, and it plays vital roles in marine ecosystems, including providing food and habitat for a variety of sea creatures. Some types of seaweed are also consumed by humans due to its nutritional properties.
Webster Dictionary
Seaweednoun
popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea
Seaweednoun
any marine plant of the class Algae, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc
Wikidata
Seaweed
Seaweed is a loose colloquial term encompassing macroscopic, multicellular, benthic marine algae. The term includes some members of the red, brown and green algae. Seaweeds can also be classified by use.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Seaweed
Marine ALGAE widely distributed in the ocean, occurring from the tide level to considerable depths, free-floating (planktonic) or anchored to the substratum (benthic). They lack a specialized vascular system but take up fluids, nutrients, and gases directly from the water. They contain CHLOROPHYLL and are photosynthetic, but some also contain other light-absorbing pigments. Many are of economic importance as FOOD, fertilizer, AGAR, potash, or source of IODINE.
Editors Contribution
seaweed
A type of marine plant created, cultivated and produced in various colors and species.
Seaweed is used as a source of food and as an ingredient in many products including toothpaste and fertilizer.
Submitted by MaryC on January 3, 2017
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Seaweed in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Seaweed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of Seaweed in a Sentence
The seaweed is a minor issue.
We try to put seaweed in a form that's easy for people to use and incorporate into their diet.
We would need hectares and hectares [ of seaweed ] to produce a few gallons of oil, to me, producing seaweed for biofuel is like using gold for gravel.
What we use is the building blocks of seaweed, we remove all the green stuff and the smelly stuff.
1,600 dump trucks a day to clean the beaches of this seaweed to make it suitable for tourists and recreation on the beaches.
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- alg, algeAfrikaans
- عشب بحريArabic
- alguesCatalan, Valencian
- chaluhaCzech
- tangDanish
- Tang, Seetang, AlgenGerman
- φύκιGreek
- algoEsperanto
- algasSpanish
- merileväFinnish
- alguesFrench
- seewierWestern Frisian
- feamainnIrish
- feamainnScottish Gaelic
- fammyragh, famlaghManx
- אצהHebrew
- समुद्री सिवारHindi
- fuca, algheItalian
- 海草Japanese
- សារាយKhmer
- ಕಡಲಜೊಂಡು, ಕಡಲಕಳೆKannada
- 해초Korean
- goummanCornish
- alga alligataLatin
- морска треваMacedonian
- शेवाळMarathi
- zeewierDutch
- tangNorwegian
- augonOccitan
- wodorost, glonPolish
- algaPortuguese
- водоросли, морская трава, водоросльRussian
- морска трава, morska travaSerbo-Croatian
- leshterikAlbanian
- tångSwedish
- mwaniSwahili
- கடற்பாசிTamil
- సముద్రపు పాచిTelugu
- สาหร่ายทะเลThai
- guláman, damóng-dágatTagalog
- Deniz yosunuTurkish
- морські водоростіUkrainian
- سمندری سوارUrdu
- tảo biểnVietnamese
- 海草Chinese
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