Seepweed

noun

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Definitions

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

Etymology

Phono-semantically matched folk etymology for Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʾ) with seep + weed. Compare Jerusalem artichoke, cockroach, and sparrowgrass.

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