"mermaid's tresses" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=mermaid's tresses}} mermaid's tresses (uncountable)
  1. A brown alga of species Chorda filum. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Brown algae Synonyms (genus): mermaid's fishing line, sea laces, mermaids line, bootlace weed, seatwine, dead men's ropes, cat gut, sea lace

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