sea vegetable

noun

Any edible seaweed, such as agar.

Meanings

nounsea vegetable (countable and uncountable, plural sea vegetables)

plural sea vegetables

  1. countableuncountableAny edible seaweed, such as agar.

    (a sea vegetable Laminaria)

    1979, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, The Book of Tempeh: A Super Soyfood from Indonesia

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 紫菜
  • 紫菜 (zi² coi³)edible seaweed
Chinese Mandarin 紫菜
  • 紫菜 (zǐcài)edible seaweed
Korean 김
  • 김 (gim)edible seaweed
Polish jadalny glon
  • jadalny glonedible seaweed
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APA

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MLA

“sea vegetable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20vegetable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sea vegetable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20vegetable.

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