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gulfweed

[guhlf-weed] / ˈgʌlfˌwid /
NOUN
seaweed
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Since 2011, scientists have tracked the recurring appearance of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, a massive band of gulfweed that moves from the equator toward the Caribbean during periods of strong easterly winds.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025

The name Sargasso comes from the Spanish word sargazo, meaning gulfweed.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

This gulfweed, the swimming gulfweed or berry carrier, is the chief substance making up this immense shoal.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.




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