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Carrageen

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.]

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carrageen

alt. Irish moss n. Irish moss

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carrageen

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

Usage examples of "carrageen".

They sat around its glassy blaze and ate some of their provisions: bannocks and dried fish, cheese, salty dulse, and red carrageen from the firth.