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carageen

(ˈkærəˌɡiːn)
n
(Plants) a variant spelling of carrageen
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Noun1.carageen - dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North Americacarageen - dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
red algae - marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan
Chondrus, genus Chondrus - a genus of protoctist
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So that was out of bounds for the picky vegan, even though I explained carageen is derived from seaweed.