Sea-weed
11weed — weed1 weedless, adj. weedlike, adj. /weed/, n. 1. a valueless plant growing wild, esp. one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop. 2. any undesirable or troublesome plant, esp. one that grows profusely… …
12ore-weed — sea weed, or sea wrac, used for manuring land. S. and W …
13Sea rocket — Rocket Rock et, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.) (a) A cruciferous plant ({Eruca sativa}) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad. (b) Damewort. (c) Rocket larkspur. See below. [1913 Webster] {Dyer s Rocket}.… …
14sea dahlia — noun stout herb with flowers one to a stalk; ornamental developed from a Mexican wildflower • Syn: ↑Coreopsis maritima • Hypernyms: ↑coreopsis, ↑tickseed, ↑tickweed, ↑tick weed * * * noun : a plant of the genus …
15sea spurry — noun prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America • Syn: ↑sand spurry, ↑Spergularia rubra • Hypernyms: ↑weed • Member Holonyms …
16Red Sea — The sea so called extends along the west coast of Arabia for about 1,400 miles, and separates Asia from Africa. It is connected with the Indian Ocean, of which it is an arm, by the Strait of Bab el Mandeb. At a point (Ras Mohammed) about 200… …
17Battery Weed — is a substantial three tiered 19th century fortification guarding the Narrows, the main approach from the Atlantic Ocean to New York City. Located on the Staten Island waterfront on the west shore of the Narrows directly across from Fort Hamilton …
18Gulf weed — Gulf Gulf (g[u^]lf), n. [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. ko lpos bosom, bay, gulf, LGr. ko lfos.] 1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin, [1913 Webster] He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between. Milton. [1913 Webster]… …
19Mermaid weed — Mermaid Mer maid, n. [AS. mere lake, sea. See {Mere} lake, and {maid}.] A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish. [1913… …
20Leafy sea dragon — Taxobox name = Leafy sea dragon status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 trend = unknown image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Syngnathiformes familia = Syngnathidae genus = Phycodurus genus… …
