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oarweed

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary

oarweed /ˈôrwēd, ˈɔrwid /
noun a large brown kelp with a long hard stalk and a large oar-shaped frond divided into ribbon-like strips, growing on rocky shores. Also called tangle2.
Genus Laminaria, class Phaeophyceae, in particular L. digitata.