sea trumpet, noun phrase

Origin:: So called because sometimes used as a horn; see quotation 1822 at sea bamboo.

1798 [see sea bamboo].

1822 J. Smith Dict. Pop. Names Plants 419Trumpet, Sea, (Ecklonia buccinalis) a strong-growing seaweed of the Laminaria section of Algae.

1829 Loudon Encycl. Plants (1836) 945L[aminaria] buccinalis furnishes the singular vegetable production called the sea-trumpet.

1868 L. Pappe Florae Capensis 45The gigantic stems of the Sea-trumpet (Ecklonia Buccinalis, Horn).

1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 434Sea Bamboo, or Trumpets, Eklonia buccinalis. This large marine algae is thus designated in the Cape Peninsula.

1973 [see sea bamboo].

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