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seaweed

/ˈsiwid/ noun B1
  1. Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp. (uncountable)
  2. Any of various fresh water plants and algae. (uncountable)

Plural seaweeds

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Seeking shells and seaweed on the sands of Monterey,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 26 · C1
It was in this costume, and bringing back to Jacopo the shirt and trousers he had lent him, that Edmond reappeared before the captain of the lugger, who had made him tell his story over and over again before he could believe him, or recognize in the neat and trim sailor the man with thick and matted beard, hair tangled with seaweed, and body soaking in seabrine, whom he had picked up naked and nearly drowned.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 237 · C1

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