SARGASSO - Definition

Pronunciation:		sârg'asow
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea

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	Synonyms:	gulfweed, sargassum, Sargassum bacciferum

	See Also:	brown algae, genus Sargassum

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Sar*gas"so\, n. [Sp. sargazo seaweed.] (Bot.) The gulf weed. See under {Gulf}. {Sargasso Sea}, a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean where sargasso in great abundance floats on the surface.