English Explanatory Dictionary

seepweed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

seepweed seepweeds

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.

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