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sargàs
Spanish
sargassum

Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.

sargàs
1
The name Sargasso comes from the Spanish word "sargazo," meaning gulfweed.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
2
This gulfweed, the swimming gulfweed or berry carrier, is the chief substance making up this immense shoal.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
Catalan
sargàs
Spanish
sargassum