seaware

[ see-wair ]

noun

1. seaweed, especially coarse, large seaweed, used chiefly as a fertilizer.

seaware

/ ˈsiːˌwɛə /

noun

1. any of numerous large coarse seaweeds, esp when cast ashore and used as fertilizer

Word History and Origins

Origin of seaware¹

before 1000; Old English sǣwār, equivalent to sǣ sea + wār seaweed (not recorded in ME)

Word History and Origins

Origin of seaware¹

Old English sǣwār, from sǣ sea + wār seaweed

Example Sentences

At first the air was redolent of clover, and then—as I drew near the shore—of seaware.

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