Sargasso

2 definitions found

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

  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.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sargasso
       n : brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating
           masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
           [syn: {gulfweed}, {sargassum}, {Sargassum bacciferum}]