carageen

3 definitions found

carageen - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Carageen \Car"a*geen`\ or Caragheen \Car"a*gheen`\, n.
     See Carrageen.
     [1913 Webster]

  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

carageen - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  carageen
      n 1: dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe
           and North America [syn: Irish moss, carrageen,
           carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus]