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noun
Ascophyllum nodosum, a seaweed also known as knotted wrack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Broader terms: brown alga
noun
Fucus vesiculosus, a similar seaweed also known as bladderwrack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Broader terms: brown alga
noun
coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: brown algae
Narrower terms: fucus, bladderwrack, black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus, Ascophyllum nodosum
History
From rock + weed.
