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单词 sargassum
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Definition of sargassum in English:

sargassum

(also sargassum weed)
noun sɑːˈɡasəmsärˈɡasəm
mass noun
  • A brown seaweed with berrylike air bladders, typically forming large floating masses.

    马尾藻

    Genus Sargassum, class Phaeophyceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hatchlings that successfully make the trek from their nests to the relative safety of the gulf and ocean waters find sanctuary from predators in large, floating beds of sargassum seaweed far offshore.
    • Most photosynthetic life (life that uses light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into food), such as phytoplankton and floating sargassum, is found in this region.
    • It is well known that large floating objects like buoys, logs or sargassum weed often attract large numbers of fish.
    • Patches of sargassum weed can be fish magnets
    • They are also frequently found in floating sargassum weed, which suggests that they are common offshore.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Portuguese sargaço (see sargasso).

Definition of sargassum in US English:

sargassum

(also sargassum weed)
nounsärˈɡasəm
  • A brown seaweed with berrylike air bladders, typically forming large floating masses.

    马尾藻

    Genus Sargassum, class Phaeophyceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is well known that large floating objects like buoys, logs or sargassum weed often attract large numbers of fish.
    • They are also frequently found in floating sargassum weed, which suggests that they are common offshore.
    • Hatchlings that successfully make the trek from their nests to the relative safety of the gulf and ocean waters find sanctuary from predators in large, floating beds of sargassum seaweed far offshore.
    • Patches of sargassum weed can be fish magnets
    • Most photosynthetic life (life that uses light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into food), such as phytoplankton and floating sargassum, is found in this region.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Portuguese sargaço (see sargasso).

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