sargazo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese sargaço, ultimately from Latin salicastrum. Doublet of jaguarzo and perhaps arcazón (“osier-twig”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sargazo m (plural sargazos)

  1. sargasso, gulfweed (brown algae)

References

  • Corriente, Federico (2008) “arcazón”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186

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