3 definitions
for carageen
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Carageen \Car"a*geen`\ or Caragheen \Car"a*gheen`\, n.
See Carrageen.
[1913 Webster]
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) 2.0 :
carageen
n : dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe
and North America [syn: Irish moss, carrageen, carragheen,
Chondrus crispus]