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sea tangle

American  

noun

  1. any of various seaweeds, especially of the genus Laminaria.

sea tangle British  

noun

  1. any of various brown seaweeds, esp any of the genus Laminaria

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Etymology

Origin of sea tangle

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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When I was brought in, they were talking over some slight matter concerning a laird who had been complaining that certain ill-set persons were carrying away sea tangle from his foreshore.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

These rocks were hung with huge weeds, immense sea tangle, gigantic fucus—a genuine trellis of water plants fit for a world of giants.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

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