jelly plant

English

Noun

jelly plant (plural jelly plants)

  1. An edible seaweed (Eucheuma speciosum) from which jelly is made.
    • 1879, Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association, Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association:
      The Jelly plant of Western Australia is used for invalids , as it makes an excellent stock for jelly

References

“jelly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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