sargasso

2 definitions found

sargasso - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]

sargasso - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sargasso
      n 1: brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating
           masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
           [syn: gulfweed, sargassum, sargasso, Sargassum bacciferum
           ]