Gulf Weed

Sargassum

Sargassum is a genus of brown macroalgae (seaweed) in the order Fucales of the class Phaeophyceae. This brown macroalgae is spread predominantly in tropical and subtropical areas. It comes from the Sargasso Sea, which was named because it hosts large amounts of Sargassum. Sargassum can extend for kilometers across the ocean surface, forming golden brown drifting mats that move with the currents and wind; in recent years, Sargassum has been known for arriving in large quantities throughout the Caribbean region. More recently, scientists have found using satellite data that a new hotspot has been forming from western Africa and extends into the Caribbean Sea, called the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt (GASB).

Bay

A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a narrow entrance. A fjord is an elongated bay formed by glacial action. The term embayment is also used for related features, such as extinct bays or freshwater environments.

Weed

A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, growing where it conflicts with human preferences, needs, or goals. Plants with characteristics that make them hazardous, aesthetically unappealing, difficult to control in managed environments, or otherwise unwanted in farm land, orchards, gardens, lawns, parks, recreational spaces, residential and industrial areas, may all be considered weeds. The concept of weeds is particularly significant in agriculture, where the presence of weeds in fields used to grow crops may cause major losses in yields. Invasive species, plants introduced to an environment where their presence negatively impacts the overall functioning and biodiversity of the ecosystem, may also sometimes be considered weeds.

gulf

Noun

1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
2. That which swallows; the gullet.

Verb

1. To engulf.
2. To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.

weed

Noun

1. Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.
2. Ellipsis of duckweed.

Verb

1. To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).
2. To pilfer the best items from a collection.