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gulfweed

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gulfweed: see seaweed seaweed, name commonly used for the multicellular marine algae. Simpler forms, consisting of one cell (e.g., the diatom) or of a few cells, are not generally called seaweeds; these tiny plants help to make up plankton.
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; Phaeophyta Phaeophyta , phylum (division) of the kingdom Protista consisting of those organisms commonly called brown algae. Many of the world's familiar seaweeds are members of Phaeophyta. There are approximately 1,500 species.
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gulfweed [′gəlf‚wēd]
(botany)
Brown algae of the genusSargassum.


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