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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
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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carrageen noun
dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe
and North America [syn: Irish moss, carageen, carragheen,
Chondrus crispus]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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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.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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