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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The stem of certain coarse olivaceous seaweeds, as Sargassum, and a species belonging to the Laminarieæ, supposed to be useful as a remedy for goiter, and for this purpose chewed by inhabitants of South America, where the disease is prevalent.

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