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gummy weed

gummy weed noun: splachnidium rugosum - a little brown seaweed found on intertidal rocks all around the coast of New Zealand, Australia, and subantarctic islands.

Noun

gummy weed (plural gummy weeds)

  1. Splachnidium rugosum - a little brown seaweed found on intertidal rocks all around the coast of New Zealand, Australia, and subantarctic islands.

Forms of gummy weed

pluralgummy weeds

Origin of gummy weed

From the fact that its tubular fronds are full of sticky gum.

Questions about gummy weed

What does gummy weed mean?
Gummy weed means splachnidium rugosum - a little brown seaweed found on intertidal rocks all around the coast of New Zealand, Australia, and subantarctic islands.
What part of speech is gummy weed?
Gummy weed is a noun.
What is the plural of gummy weed?
The plural of gummy weed is gummy weeds.

Words near gummy weed in the dictionary

  1. gummy shark
  2. gummy sharks
  3. gummy squirrel
  4. gummy squirrels
  5. gummy up
  6. gummy weed
  7. gummy weeds
  8. gummy worm
  9. gummy worms
  10. gummying up
  11. gumnivorous

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