sargasso

• Substantivo que designa um tipo de alga parda com flutuadores esféricos, formando grandes massas flutuantes, comuns em águas tropicais do Atlântico, como o Mar dos Sargaços.

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.

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

   Algas pardas

   • 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.

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