sargasso

A noun referring to a type of brown algae with rounded bladders that forms dense floating masses, commonly found in tropical Atlantic waters such as the Sargasso Sea.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un type d'algue brune à flotteurs ronds, formant des masses flottantes denses, souvent rencontrées dans les eaux tropicales de l'Atlantique comme la mer des Sargasses.

1. Brown algae C1 formal scientific

   A type of brown algae (genus Sargassum) with rounded air bladders, forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters, notably in the Sargasso Sea.

   • The sargasso provides a unique habitat for marine life in the open ocean.
   • Ships have historically navigated carefully through the thick mats of sargasso.
   • The sargasso seaweed is often washed ashore on Caribbean beaches.

   🇫🇷sargasse

   Synonymes: gulfweedsargassum

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