sargasso

Speech parts

1. sargasso - Noun

2. Sargasso - Proper noun

Meaning

The gulf weed. See under Gulf.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sargassum gulfweed seaweed Sargassum bacciferum moss ivy fern liana bracken herb creeper grapevine moulder parasite mold
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Hypernyms

brown algae

Related terms

sargassum

Examples

He's lost the plot, people tell me. He's drifting rudderless in the wide Sargasso Sea of New Labour's ideological vacuum. Boris Johnson

Your mind and you are our Sargasso Sea. Ezra Pound

Begun as a Sargasso Sea pilot sampling project in August 2003, Venter announced the full Expedition on 4 March 2004. Source: Internet

By this time the Portuguese navigators had also reached the Sargasso Sea (western North Atlantic region), naming it after the Sargassum seaweed growing there (sargaço / sargasso in Portuguese). Source: Internet

“If Bermuda is to be the source for marine research and enforcement of the high seas Sargasso Sea that is a benefit that Bermuda should have identified by now.” Source: Internet

The area was holding loads of nice floating sargasso weeds and some lit-up dorado were jumping over each other to hit the bait with double, triple and quadruple hook-ups. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Sargans sargassaceous sargassan Sargasso Sea sargassum Sargassum bacciferum