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Definition of Gulf weed

Gulf weed
Gulf Gulf, n. [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. ? bosom, bay, gulf, LGr. ?.] 1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin, He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between. --Milton. Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. --Luke xvi. 26. 2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. --Shak. A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. --Tennyson. 4. (Geog.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico. 5. (Mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode. Gulf Stream (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic. Note: It originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific. Gulf weed (Bot.), a branching seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere.

Meaning of Gulf weed from wikipedia

- that after hatching, young loggerhead sea turtles use currents, such as the Gulf Stream, to travel to the Sarg****o Sea, where they use the Sarg****um as cover...
- reduces light transmittance to weed seeds, which in many cases reduces weed seed germination rates. Furthermore, even when weed seeds germinate, they often...
- tuberculata (Bosc, 1802). Widespread, subtropical. Colloquially known as the Gulf weed bryozoan. Taylor, P. D.; Monks, N. (1997). "A new cheilostome genus pseudoplanktonic...
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- impacts on monarch butterflies. Monarch caterpillars do not favor butterfly weed (A. tuberosa), perhaps because the leaves of that milkweed species contain...
- Eisenhower Doctrine 1957 Elsea & Weed (2014), p. 8-9 Elsea & Weed (2014), p. 9-10 Elsea & Weed (2014), p. 10-12 Elsea & Weed (2014), p. 12-14 "Repealing the...
- American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, pokeberry, dragonberries, pigeonberry weed, and inkberry, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed...
- Harold B. Hitch**** (1941). "The coloration and color changes of the Gulf-weed crab, Planes minutus" (PDF). The Biological Bulletin. 80 (1): 26–30. doi:10...
- Hygrophila costata, with the common names glush weed, gulf swampweed, and yerba de hicotea, is an aquatic plant. The plant is endemic is native to Neotropic...