6 definitions found for carrageen

carrageen n 1: dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America [syn: Irish moss, carrageen, carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus]

carrageen also carragheen noun Etymology: Carragheen, near Waterford, Ireland Date: 1829 1. Irish moss 2 2. carrageenan

carrageen
n. (also carragheen) an edible red seaweed, Chondrus crispus, of the N. hemisphere. Also called Irish moss.
Etymology: orig. uncert.: perh. f. Ir. cosáinín carraige carrageen, lit. 'little stem of the rock'

carrageen ˈkærəɡi:n n. (also carragheen) an edible red seaweed, Chondrus crispus, of the N. hemisphere. Also called Irish moss. [orig. uncert.: perh. f. Ir. cosÁinÂn carraige carrageen, lit. 'little stem of the rock']

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.]

carrageen n. ; (also carrigeen) [Written also Carragheen.] Irish moss, carrageen moss (Fucus crispus or Chondrus crispus).