rockweed

noun

rock·weed | \ ˈräk-ˌwēd

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

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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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