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for Carrageen
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.]
[1913 Webster] Carrageenan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
carrageen
n 1: dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe
and North America [syn: Irish moss, carrageen,
carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus]
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