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oarweeds

oarweeds is the plural of oarweed.

Meaning of oarweed

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

Questions about oarweeds

What is oarweeds the plural of?
Oarweeds is the plural of oarweed.

Words near oarweeds in the dictionary

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

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