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ASCOPHYLLUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ascophyllum mean?
• ASCOPHYLLUM (noun)
The noun ASCOPHYLLUM has 1 sense:
1. brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis
Familiarity information: ASCOPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ascophyllum; genus Ascophyllum
Hypernyms ("Ascophyllum" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Holonyms ("Ascophyllum" is a member of...):
family Fucaceae; Fucaceae (small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds)
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