oarweed

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noun

A brown alga, Laminaria digitata, found on exposed shores.

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Meanings

nounoarweed (plural oarweeds)

plural oarweeds

  1. A brown alga, Laminaria digitata, found on exposed shores.

    The Soile for the moſt part is lifted vp into many hilles, parted aſunder vvith narrovv and ſhort vallies, and a ſhallovv earth doth couer their out-ſide, vvhich by a Sea-vveede called Orevvood, and a certaine kinde of fruitfull Sea-ſand, they make ſo ranke and batten, as is vncredible.

    1627, John Speed, “Cornwall”, in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Described and Abridged. […], London: […] Georg Humble […], →OCLC, signature [D6], verso, paragraph 3

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sea girdlessea rods

Origin

From oar + weed.

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Chicago

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