rockweed

noun

rock·weed | \ ˈräk-ˌwēd

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Definition of rockweed

: any of various coarse brown algae (order Fucales, especially genera Fucus, Ascophyllum, and Sargassum) growing in marine environments free-floating or attached to rocks

Examples of rockweed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The state’s seaweed industry also includes a wild harvest of rockweed, which is used for livestock feed and fertilizers. — From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, "Seaweed surplus, vaccine dose reductions, DC gets help: News from around our 50 states," 21 Dec. 2020 Marley waded into the water in search of golden rockweed. — Sharon Boorstin, Los Angeles Times, "Edible seaweed is the star of this coastal forager’s tour," 21 Oct. 2020 Maine’s rockweed industry hinged on a similarly liberal interpretation of the ancient colonial rules. — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian, "How Seaweed Connects Us All," 31 May 2018 This seaweed struggle, and the fate of A. nodosum itself, hinges on a single question, patently absurd yet bizarrely complex: is rockweed, in defiance of logic and biology, really a fish? — Michelle Weber, Longreads, "What Is the Hot Commodity, Exactly?," 1 June 2018 But rockweed does not fit easily into existing categories. — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian, "How Seaweed Connects Us All," 31 May 2018

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“Rockweed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rockweed. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.

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