genus sargassum

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of protoctist (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	protoctist genus,
definition	:	any genus of Protoctista (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	gulfweed, sargasso, sargassum, sargassum bacciferum,
definition	:	brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family fucaceae, fucaceae,
definition	:	small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds (noun.animal)