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Webster 1913 Edition


Carrigeen

{

Car′ra-geenˊ

,

Car′ri-geenˊ

}
,
Noun.
A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (
Chondrus crispus
), which, when bleached, is the
Irish moss
of commerce.
[Also written
carragheen
,
carageen
.]

Definition 2024


carrigeen

carrigeen

English

Noun

carrigeen (countable and uncountable, plural carrigeens)

  1. Alternative form of carrageen