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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America;
[syn: Irish moss, carrageen, carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Carrageen \Car"ra*geen`\, Carrigeen \Car"ri*geen`\, n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [Also written carragheen, carageen.] [1913 Webster] Carrageenan
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Chondrus crispus n 1: dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America [syn: Irish moss, carrageen, carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus]