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seepweed

noun

Etymology

Phono-semantically matched folk etymology for Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʾ) with seep + weed. Compare Jerusalem artichoke, cockroach, and sparrowgrass. Doublet of soda, via Italian soda.

  1. borrowed from سويداء

Definitions

  1. Any of various plants in the genus Suaeda

    Any of various plants in the genus Suaeda; sea blite.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for seepweed. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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