sea moss

English

Noun

sea moss (countable and uncountable, plural sea mosses)

1. Any marine organism resembling moss
   1. Any such branched marine bryozoan
   2. Certain red algae, such as:
      1. Chondrus crispus (Irish moss, carrageen moss)
      2. Endocladia muricata (turfweed, nailbrush seaweed)
      3. Kappaphycus alvarezii (elkhorn sea moss)
      4. Palmaria palmata (dulse)
   3. Certain green algae, such as
      1. Bryopsis africana, a green alga

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sea moss”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “sea moss”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.