GULF-WEED
\ɡˈʌlfwˈiːd], \ɡˈʌlfwˈiːd], \ɡ_ˈʌ_l_f_w_ˈiː_d]\
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A genus of seaweeds (Sargassum), of the sub-order Fucaceae, of which two species, S. vulgare and S. bacciferum, are found abundantly in the Atlantic Ocean as well as in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. They are tropical plants. In the Atlantic they chiefly occupy a more or less interrupted space between the 20th and 30th parallels of north latitude, called the Sargasso Sea, and are also plentiful in the Gulf-stream, whence the name. The S. bacciferum has its specific name from the numerous grapelike air-vessels by which the plant is buoyed. It was first discovered by Columbus.
By Daniel Lyons
