OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16747

seaweed

/ˈsiːwiːd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alga marina • algas
Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.
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.
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.
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