BLADDER FUCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bladder fucus mean? 

• BLADDER FUCUS (noun)
  The noun BLADDER FUCUS has 1 sense:

1. a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure

  Familiarity information: BLADDER FUCUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLADDER FUCUS (noun)

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 ("bladder fucus" is a kind of...):

rockweed (coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide)

Holonyms ("bladder fucus" is a member of...):

genus Fucus (type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae)