Etymology

carrageen

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Irish carraigín
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  1. Irish · borrowed fromcarraigín“Irish moss”
  2. English todaycarrageen

From Irish carraigín (“Irish moss”), from carraig (“rock”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.