[ noun ] brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea <noun.animal>
gulfweed \gulf"weed`\ (g[u^]lf"w[=e]d`), n. 1. A brown seaweed ({Sargassum bacciferum}) with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.