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oreweed

oreweed is the alternative form 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

Forms of oreweed

pluraloreweeds

Questions about oreweed

What is oreweed the alternative form of?
Oreweed is the alternative form of oarweed.

Words near oreweed in the dictionary

  1. Orestis
  2. Oreston
  3. orestrate
  4. Oresund
  5. Oresund Bridge
  6. oreweed
  7. oreweeds
  8. orewood
  9. orewoods
  10. orexes
  11. orexigen

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