rockweed

noun

rock·​weed ˈräk-ˌwēd 

: any of various coarse brown algae (order Fucales, especially genera Fucus, Ascophyllum, and Silvetia) growing in marine environments free-floating or attached to rocks

Examples of rockweed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In one, the boulder boasts a thick topper of rockweed. —J. Besl, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2023

Her group was about to launch a restoration project for the olive rockweed, a species endemic to Laguna found nowhere else south of Santa Barbara. —Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021

Wild harvesters typically bring in 14 to 20 million pounds of rockweed in a year. —BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2021

The state’s seaweed industry also includes a wild harvest of rockweed, which is used for livestock feed and fertilizers. —From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2020

Marley waded into the water in search of golden rockweed. —Sharon Boorstin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2020

Maine’s rockweed industry hinged on a similarly liberal interpretation of the ancient colonial rules. —Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian, 31 May 2018

This seaweed struggle, and the fate of A. nodosum itself, hinges on a single question, patently absurd yet bizarrely complex: is rockweed, in defiance of logic and biology, really a fish? —Michelle Weber, Longreads, 1 June 2018

But rockweed does not fit easily into existing categories. —Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian, 31 May 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rockweed

• accede
• agreed
• airspeed
• alkyd
• bindweed
• chickweed
• concede
• decreed
• duckweed
• exceed
• flaxseed
• impede

Kids Definition

rockweed

noun

rock·​weed ˈräk-ˌwēd 

: any of various brown algae commonly growing attached to rocks along shores