(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:22:23

Car"ra*geen` (?), 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.]

© Webster 1913.

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