sea-mossn.
1. A kind of seaweed; = coralline n.1 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > coralline
coralline1543
sea-moss1548
maerl1911
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. B.vj Bryon thalassion named in latin Muscus marinus is of two sortes... The one kynde is called Vsnea marina, & it may be called in english sea mosse, it groweth aboute stones and shelles in the sea.
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 594 Sea mosse is good to be layd to hote tumors.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xviii. 300 From Shepey, Sea-mosse some [bring], to coole his boyling blood.
1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VI. Table LVIII Soft-feathered Cape Coralline... This elegant Sea Moss is not brittle like the Shop Coralline.
1877 W. C. Bryant Sella 177 Thou shalt sleep Thy weariness away on downy banks Of sea-moss.
2. = carrageen n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > edible seaweeds
slawkc1450
laver1611
badderlocks1620
hempweed1620
henware1682
dulse1698
tangle1724
slokan1758
sloke1777
honey-ware1827
carrageen1830
Irish moss1830
pearl moss1832
Ceylon moss1861
kombu1884
sea-moss1891
sheep-seaweed1895
hijiki1951
1891 in Cent. Dict.
3. = sea-mat n. at sea n. Compounds 6d.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > class Ectoprocta > order Gymnolaemata > suborder Chilostomata > member of family Flustridae
sea-mata1776
sea-moss1885
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 429/1.
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