Sargassum (Noun)
Meaning
Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- A vast mat of sargassum spread across the horizon in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Researchers were concerned about the rapid spread of sargassum throughout the Sargasso Sea.
- During the transatlantic voyage, sailors reported encounters with enormous clumps of sargassum floating in their path.
- Divers descended into the Caribbean Sea and observed large beds of sargassum undulating with the current.
- Millions of seaweed-stricken tons of sargassum ended up piling high along tourist destinations across Mexico and Florida beaches in a historic ocean storm season.