sargasso sea

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sargasso sea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sargasso \Sar*gas"so\, n. [Sp. sargazo seaweed.] (Bot.)
     The gulf weed. See under Gulf.
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     Sargasso Sea, a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean
        where sargasso in great abundance floats on the surface.
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sargasso sea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Sargasso Sea
      n 1: a vast area of the North Atlantic from the West Indies to
           the Azores that is dense with gulfweed