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redware definition

red·ware (red′wer′)

noun

any of several large, brown, leathery, edible kelps (genus Laminaria)

Etymology: red + ware, seaweed < ME war < OE < IE *woiso-, twig, wand, rod < base *wei-, to twist, bend > wire

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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