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driftweed

driftweed noun: seaweed brought ashore by the wind or tide.

Noun

driftweed (countable and uncountable, plural driftweeds)

  1. Seaweed brought ashore by the wind or tide.
    • the high-water mark of driftweed on a sea-beach1860, Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology […]

Forms of driftweed

pluraldriftweeds

Origin of driftweed

From drift + weed.

Questions about driftweed

What does driftweed mean?
Driftweed means seaweed brought ashore by the wind or tide.
What part of speech is driftweed?
Driftweed is a noun.
What is the plural of driftweed?
The plural of driftweed is driftweeds.

Words near driftweed in the dictionary

  1. drifts apart
  2. drifts of the forest
  3. drifts off
  4. driftway
  5. driftways
  6. driftweed
  7. driftweeds
  8. driftwind
  9. driftwinds
  10. driftwood
  11. driftwood catfish

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