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sargassum
noun
any of a genus (Sargassum, family Sargassaceae) of floating brown algae (order Fucales) found in tropical seas and having a main stem with flattened outgrowths like leaves, and branches with berry-like air sacs; gulfweed
also sargasso or sargasso weed
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