What is "carageen"

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.]

n. (alternative form of carrageen English)

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