sea moss Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding
    bryozoan; sea mat; moss animal; polyzoan.
  2. noun any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen)

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Sea" moss`
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.

Webster 1913