gummy weed

English

Etymology

From the fact that its tubular fronds are full of sticky gum.

Noun

gummy weed (plural gummy weeds)

Splachnidium rugosum - a little brown seaweed found on intertidal rocks all around the coast of New Zealand, Australia, and subantarctic islands.

Translations

a type of seaweed

Maori: kakau moana

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