Carrageen

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carrageen \Car"ra*geen`\, Carrigeen \Car"ri*geen`\, n.
     A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed
     ({Chondrus crispus}), which, when bleached, is the {Irish
     moss} of commerce. [Also written {carragheen}, {carageen}.]
     [1913 Webster] Carrageenan



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  carrageen
       n : dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe
           and North America [syn: {Irish moss}, {carageen}, {carragheen},
            {Chondrus crispus}]