Seaweed Meaning
/ˈsiːwiːd/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.
nounAny of various fresh water plants and algae.
Sentence Examples
This is the first time I've had seaweed.
Our cat is very fond of seaweed.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The diver collected samples of ____ from the ocean floor for a biology experiment.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The beach was covered in strands of brown ____ washed up by the overnight storm.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English sea Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed English seaweed From sea + weed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"We have lingered in the chambers of the sea / By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown / Till human voices wake us, and we drown."
— 1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 16:
"The tide was out, and we drew up amid the strong bracing smell of seaweed, with gulls screeching, wheeling around, and gliding on the wind."
— 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8:
"There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world’s seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all the planet’s seagrass meadows, saltmarshes and mangroves combined."
— 2023 September 25, Vincent Doumeizel, “Opinion: Seaweed is nutritious, not slimy. Eating it could save the world.”, in CNN:
"With light penetrating to the lake bottom, beds of seaweed flourished where little had grown before."
— 1995, Dan McCosh, “Aliens among us”, in Popular Science, page 94:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The diver collected samples of ____ from the ocean floor for a biology experiment.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The beach was covered in strands of brown ____ washed up by the overnight storm.