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droo

nounsea

seaweed or eelgrass washed ashore

A coastal marine plant — seaweed or eelgrass (seagrass) found washed up on the shore.

Example in use

There's hantle droo oan the strand.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/DROO/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: drew

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