driftweed

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noun

Seaweed brought ashore by the wind or tide.

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Meanings

noundriftweed (countable and uncountable, plural driftweeds)

plural driftweeds

  1. countableuncountableSeaweed brought ashore by the wind or tide.

    the high-water mark of driftweed on a sea-beach

    1860, Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology […]

Origin

From drift + weed.

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APA

driftweed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driftweed

MLA

“driftweed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driftweed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “driftweed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driftweed.

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