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BLACK ROCKWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black rockweed mean?
• BLACK ROCKWEED (noun)
The noun BLACK ROCKWEED has 1 sense:
1. a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
Familiarity information: BLACK ROCKWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black rockweed; bladder fucus; bladderwrack; Fucus vesiculosus; tang
Hypernyms ("black rockweed" is a kind of...):
rockweed (coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide)
Holonyms ("black rockweed" is a member of...):
genus Fucus (type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae)
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