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Definition: Sargassum |
SargassumNoun1. Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Sargassum \Sar*gas"sum\, noun. [New Latin]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SargassumSynonyms: gulfweed (n), sargasso (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sargassum |
| English words defined with "sargassum": genus Sargassum, Gulf weed ♦ Sargassum bacciferum, sargassum fish. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sargassum" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (gulfweed, sargasso, sargasso weed). |
Expressions using "sargassum": genus Sargassum ♦ Sargassum bacciferum ♦ sargassum fish. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sargassum | 16 |
fish sargassum | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "sargassum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Japanese Kanji | 花虎魚 (sargassum fish). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | はなお"ぜ (sargassum fish). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | argassumsay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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Words beginning with "sargassum": sargassums. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "sargassum" (pronounced 'Sar*gas"sum'): Callosum, Crissum, Dorsum, Gypsum, Helichrysum, Omasum, Opossum, possum, Vasum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-m-r-s-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: asarums. | |
-3 letters: asarum, gramas, massas, sugars. | |
-4 letters: agars, agmas, amass, argus, arums, auras, gamas, gaums, gaurs, gauss, grama, grams, grass, guars, maars, magus, massa, muras, ragas, ramus, sagas, sagum, sugar, suras. | |
-5 letters: agar, agas, agma, amas, amus, arms, arum, aura, gama, gams, gars, gaum, gaur, gram, grum, guar, gums, maar, mags, mars, mass, mugs, mura, muss, raga, rags, rams, ruga, rugs, rums, saga, sags, sass, smug, sums, sura, suss, ursa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-m-r-s-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: sargassums. | |
+5 letters: rampageousness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 72 67 61 73 73 75 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- .-. --. .- ... ... ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01110010 01100111 01100001 01110011 01110011 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a r g a s s u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0072 0067 0061 0073 0073 0075 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536784736785858779 |
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