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oarweed

oarweed noun: a brown alga, Laminaria digitata, found on exposed shores.

Noun

oarweed (plural oarweeds)

  1. A brown alga, Laminaria digitata, found on exposed shores.
    • The Soile for the moſt part is lifted vp into many hilles, parted aſunder vvith narrovv and ſhort vallies, and a ſhallovv earth doth couer their out-ſide, vvhich by a Sea-vveede called Orevvood, and a certaine kinde of fruitfull Sea-ſand, they make ſo ranke and batten, as is vncredible.1627, John Speed, “Cornwall”, in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Described and Abridged. […], London: […] Georg Humble […], →OCLC, signature [D6], verso, paragraph 3

Forms of oarweed

pluraloarweeds

Origin of oarweed

From oar + weed.

Questions about oarweed

What does oarweed mean?
Oarweed means a brown alga, Laminaria digitata, found on exposed shores.
What part of speech is oarweed?
Oarweed is a noun.
What is the plural of oarweed?
The plural of oarweed is oarweeds.

Words near oarweed in the dictionary

  1. oarsperson
  2. oarswoman
  3. oarswomen
  4. oart
  5. oarts
  6. oarweed
  7. oarweeds
  8. oary
  9. OAS
  10. oasal
  11. OASDI

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