A type of edible seaweed or marine algae, historically used in some European cuisines.
From uncertain origins, possibly related to Hamburg or Hanseatic trading routes where such sea vegetables were commonly traded, with the suffix -ine indicating a substance or derived material.
This forgotten seaweed shows how medieval Europeans had a much broader diet of sea vegetables than most people realize today—many such ingredients disappeared as land agriculture became more profitable!
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