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seepweed

seepweed noun: any of various plants in the genus Suaeda; sea blite.

seepweed: any of various plants in the genus Suaeda; sea blite
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Noun

seepweed (plural seepweeds)

  1. Any of various plants in the genus Suaeda; sea blite.

Forms of seepweed

pluralseepweeds

Origin of seepweed

Phono-semantically matched folk etymology for Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʾ) with seep + weed. Compare Jerusalem artichoke, cockroach, and sparrowgrass. Doublet of soda, via Italian soda.

Questions about seepweed

What does seepweed mean?
Seepweed means any of various plants in the genus Suaeda; sea blite.
What part of speech is seepweed?
Seepweed is a noun.
What is the plural of seepweed?
The plural of seepweed is seepweeds.

Words near seepweed in the dictionary

  1. seepiness
  2. seeping
  3. seepingly
  4. seepings
  5. seeps
  6. seepweed
  7. seepweeds
  8. seepwillow
  9. seepwillows
  10. seepwood
  11. seepy

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