sea moss

noun

1. Botany. any of certain frondlike red algae.
2. Zoology. a bryozoan.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea moss¹

First recorded in 1540–50

Example Sentences

Chondrus crispus, called carrageen or Irish moss, and also pearl-moss, and sea-moss.

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Her dress was of pale green sea moss, and she wore ornaments of delicate pink coral in her sunny curls.

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Laying his fish down upon a bunch of clean sea moss, he examined carefully the muddy beach near the water's edge.

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Cutting several broad, green, palmetto leaves, he laid them on the stones and spread over them a thin layer of the moist sea moss.

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I would like to exchange wild flowers, for sea-moss or shells—sea-moss preferred.

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