Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Carrageen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carrageen \Car"ra*geen`\, Carrigeen \Car"ri*geen`\, n.
A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed
({Chondrus crispus}), which, when bleached, is the {Irish
moss} of commerce. [Also written {carragheen}, {carageen}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
carrageen
n : dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe
and North America [syn: {Irish moss}, {carageen}, {carragheen},
{Chondrus crispus}]
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