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[syn: Irish moss, carrageen, carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Carageen \Car"a*geen`\ or Caragheen \Car"a*gheen`\, n.
See Carrageen.
[1913 Webster]
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):
carageen
n 1: dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe
and North America [syn: Irish moss, carrageen,
carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus]