sea cabbage

noun

a brown alga, Hedophyllum sessile, of the North Pacific, characterized by a compact mass of fronds resembling a cabbage.

Origin of sea cabbage

First recorded in 1725–35

Words nearby sea cabbage

sea bread, sea bream, sea breeze, sea buckthorn, sea butterfly, sea cabbage, sea calf, sea canary, sea captain, sea change, sea chest

Example sentences from the Web for sea cabbage

  • Marine plants, such as the sea-anemones, the rock-grown samphire, and the sea-cabbage grow around the islands in great profusion.

    The South Isles of Aran |Oliver J. Burke

  • Sea-kale, or sea-cabbage, is a native of the sea coast of England, growing in the sand and pebbles of the sea-shore.

    Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them |James John Howard Gregory

  • It may be any one of the grotesque products of Neptune's vegetable garden, a sea-cucumber, a sea-carrot, or a sea-cabbage.

    Days Off |Henry Van Dyke