What is another word for seaweed?

Pronunciation: [sˈiːwiːd] (IPA)

Seaweed is a type of algae that grows in the ocean. It is a popular ingredient in many Asian cuisines and is also used in beauty products. There are several different synonyms for seaweed including kelp, sea lettuce, dulse, nori, and wakame. Kelp is a type of brown seaweed that grows in colder waters and is often used to make supplements. Sea lettuce is a green seaweed that is commonly found in temperate waters and is used in salads. Dulse is a red seaweed that is often used as a snack or in soups and stews. Nori is a type of seaweed that is commonly used to make sushi rolls. Wakame is a type of seaweed that is often used in salads and soups.

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What are the hypernyms for Seaweed?

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What are the hyponyms for Seaweed?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for seaweed (as nouns)

Usage examples for Seaweed

Why, in seaweed, of course.
"The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy"
Mabel Henriette Spielmann
But not for long-for very soon a little girl arose from that bed of seaweed, smoothed back her clinging hair, and cried out with joy as she recognised her surroundings.
"The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy"
Mabel Henriette Spielmann
Gathering it by the ton, they pile it up on the shore, mingled with wood and dried seaweed, and burn it to powder, thereby producing the lime with which the betelnut is mixed for chewing, as well as employing it in the mortar used for building purposes.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou

Famous quotes with Seaweed

  • Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster.
    Cyril Connolly
  • Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war.
    Loren Eiseley
  • We spent a lot of time on the beach when I was young so I'd also take pictures of seaweed and crabs.
    Graeme Le Saux
  • I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed.
    Martin Yan
  • I grow old … I grow old ... I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.Do I dare to eat a peach?I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
    T. S. Eliot

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